Songs" (Oxford, 1968). Kinsley, however, omits to note that it was this manuscript, drafted by Burns, which led to the definitive version of the song published by James Currie. Acquisition of the manuscript by The National Library of Scotland On 23 February 2009 the manuscript was acquired by the National Library of Scotland from Adams Hamilton the Washington, D.C. based literary and historical manuscript dealers. It was on display from 24 to 25 February 2009 at a Burns symposium in the US capital's Library of Congress. Cate Newton, Director of Collections and Research said, "We are delighted to acquire the only known manuscript of The Battle of Sherra-moor". Alex Salmond, the First Minister, who saw the manuscript at the symposium said, "I'm delighted that this unique piece of Burns history will be coming home to Scotland in this, the 250th anniversary year of our national Bard." References Digitised copy of Battle of Sherra-moor in James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, Vol.III, 1790, from National Library of Scotland. JPEG, PDF, XML versions. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With Explanatory and Glossarial Notes; And a Life of the Author, James Currie, Ed., (1800). The Jacobite Song: Political Myth and National Identity, William Donaldson, Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen, 1988 Poems and Songs, James Kinsley, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1968, 3 vols., II, pp. 535–36 External links Lyrics to The Battle of Sherramuir Works of Robert Burns at Project Gutenberg An Online, Public-Domain Version of "The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With Explanatory and Glossarial Notes; And a Life of the Author", by James Currie from 1859 Midi File of the 'Cameronian Rant' with electronic bagpipes Poetry by Robert Burns 1787 songs Manuscripts in the National Library of Scotland 1787 in Scotland Songs with lyrics by Robert Burns Scots-language works