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Article Title
Robert Burns's Hand in 'Ay Waukin, O': The Roy Manuscript and William Tytler's Dissertation (1779)
Abstract
Discusses Robert Burns's sources and manuscripts for his expansion of the song "Ay waukin, O," first published as song 213 in James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, III (1790); highlights an often neglected and misdated printed item, William Tytler’s Dissertation, as Burns's source for two of the four stanzas; considers the two full-length manuscripts, identifying one as being an Antique Smith forgery, and detailing the provenance and purpose, of the other, now at the Birthplace Museum; examines and reproduces the Roy manuscript and its pencilled additions; and so clarifies the relationship among the three genuine manuscripts to argue that the Roy manuscript represents a particularly significant composition stage.
Recommended Citation
Scott, Patrick G.
(2017)
"Robert Burns's Hand in 'Ay Waukin, O': The Roy Manuscript and William Tytler's Dissertation (1779),"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 43:
Iss.
1, 137–151.
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https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol43/iss1/13