The Mansfield Manuscript predates both these publications, and is one of the oldest written records of Scots songs and ballads.
The late Ronnie Clark produced a 'fakesimile' based on archives at Broughton House, Kirkcudbright and with assistance from Hornel Library, National Library of Scotlandand various other experts.
'An Old Edinburgh Collection of Songs and Ballads' fakesimile was published in 2015 by The Glasgow Ballad Workshop.
Permission must be received from The Glasgow Ballad Workshop before any of the contents of the Manuscript Fakesimile are copied or transmitted.
The Manuscript was probably begun while Burns was still a child....