The Bonnie Lass o Ballochmyle

Àireamh a' Chlàir Thùsail

SA1975.230.A6

Àireamh an Teip Thùsail

SA1975.230

Notaichean a' Chlàir

2 verses of 10 lines; with a chorus of 2 lines; these fragments correspond to Burns' third and fourth stanzas. Composed by Robert Burns in 1786, in honour of Wilhelmina Alexander (1753-1843), sister of the Laird of Ballochmyle; Burns had seen her walking by the banks of the River Ayr, and sent this poem to her in a letter. The chorus is a later addition.

See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 4, p. 50, no. 735
'Scots Minstrelsie' vol. 5 (J. Greig, 1895) p. xxi
'Lyric Gems of Scotland' vol. 1 (comp. John Cameron, 1856) p. 137
'Scottish Songs Ancient & Modern' (J. Gilchrist, 1865) pp. 390-391
'The Scots Musical Museum' vol. 3 (J. Johnson & R. Burns, 1853) p. 285, no. 276
National Library of Scotland, Broadside Ballad collection, L.C.Fol.70(89a) (Poet's Box, Dundee, 1880-1900)

Neach/Cuspair a' Chlàir

Alexander, Wilhelmina

Àite Clàraidh

Cànan

Beurla

Seòrsa

Òran

Cruinneachadh

SoSS

Seòrsachadh

R6168 GD735

Cruth Inneal a' Chlàir

Reel to reel

Càileachd an Fhuaime

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