James Oswald, The Caledonian Pocket Companion. In seven volumes, containing all the favourite Scotch tunes with variations for the German flute with an index to the whole. 8 vols (Printed for the Author, London c. 1745).
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Around 1745 the first two volumes of The Caledonian Pocket Companion were published, a cheap collection of one-line tunes suitable for flute, violin or any other instrument. This was to be the success of Oswald’s life; it ran to 12 volumes and many reprints and copies were still in circulation long after his death (1769).
Moreover, the lyrics of Robert Burns are inconceivable without the tunes provided by The Caledonian Pocket Companion.
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