All holograph manuscript are in the Cambridge Universtiy Library, except where noted. Full details may be found in the online catalogues LibrarySearch and Newton.
Some of the orchestral and ensemble songs are available for hire from Edition Peters.
| Title, lyricist, contents | Medium | Date | Material | Notes | |
| As I was a'wand'ring one morning in spring (Burns) | |||||
| V, pf | 1934 | holograph | Not for performance or publication | ||
| Chinese songs, Three (translated by Arthur Waley) | |||||
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| V, pf | 1943 | holograph | Original in the Fitzwilliam Museum. CUL has photocopy of a different holograph manuscript (location unknown) | ||
| V, pf | 1947 | printed | Published by: OUP | ||
| V, pf | 1984 | printed | Published by: Anglo American | ||
| Cogie of ale, A | |||||
| V, pf | 1960? | holograph | Words and melody from Johnson's The Scots musical museum | ||
| Come sleep (John Fletcher) | |||||
| V, pf | 1933 | holograph | Originally with string quartet | ||
| Cupid enchained : for Peter Pears | |||||
| T (unacc.) | 1955? | holograph | Another holograph copy is in the Britten Pears Library (photocopy in CUL) | ||
| December stillness (Siegfried Sassoon) | |||||
| V, pf | 1937 | holograph | Various copies, in three different transpositions: ending on F, G, and A. | ||
| Fairy-led (Mary Webb) | |||||
| V, pf | 1930 or 1931, revised 1936 | holograph | Not for performance or publication | ||
| Fear (Walter de la Mare) | |||||
| V, ob, bn, strings | 1928 | holograph | Score. Not for performance or publication | ||
| From the book of Philip Sparrow (John Skelton) | |||||
| MezzoS, strings | 1969 | holograph | Score. Material availble for hire from Edition Peters. | ||
| MezzoS, pf | 1969 | holograph | Vocal score | ||
| MezzoS, strings | 1969 | copyist | Parts. | ||
| Good Friday hymn, A | |||||
| MezzoS, 2vla, vlc | 1938 | holograph | |||
| Hebridean songs, Two | |||||
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| V, pf | 1929 | holograph | |||
| Hot cake (Shu Hai) | |||||
| V, pf | 1947 | holograph | Score and sketches | ||
| I love the jocund dance (Blake) | |||||
| V, pf | 1930/1939 | holograph | Not for performance or publication | ||
| In valleys green and still (Housman) see A soldier’s life | |||||
| Journeys and places (Edwin Muir) | |||||
| MezzoS, strings | 1971 | holograph | Score, vocal score, sketches. Material availble for hire from Edition Peters. | ||
| Kimmers o'Cungate, The (Sydney Goodsir Smith) | |||||
| V, pf | 1968? | holograph | Dated 1955 in Orr’s “Record of compositions”, but the only holograph is on paper from 1968. | ||
| V, pf | 1969 | printed | Published by: Southside. In ‘Fifteen poems and a play / Syndey Goodsir Smith’ | ||
| Lake Isle of Innisfree (Yeats) | |||||
| V, pf | 1929 | holograph | Not for performance or publication | ||
| Latin psalms, Three | |||||
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| V, str 4tet | 1938 | holograph | Score & vocal score | ||
| V, str 4tet | 1939? | copyist. | String parts (two sets) | ||
| Leezie Lindsay (Burns) | |||||
| V, pf | ? | holograph | Old Scots ballad tune; accompaniment by R.O. | ||
| Liebeslied (Rilke) | |||||
| V, org | 1972 | holograph | |||
| V, pf | 1986 | printed | Published by: Anglo American (facsimile) | ||
| Lyrics from the Chinese, Three (translated by Helen Waddell) | |||||
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| V, pf | 1945 | holograph | Lament, dated “23-7-45” | ||
| V, pf | 1945 | holograph | Drinking song, dated “25-6-45” | ||
| V, str 4tet | 1952 | holograph | Drinking song. Score, vocal score & 4 parts | ||
| Merry Margaret (John Skelton) | |||||
| V, pf | 1940 | holograph | |||
| My true-love hath my heart (Sir Philip Sidney) | |||||
| MezzoS, str 4tet | 1952 | holograph | |||
| Pastorals, Three (Mary Webb) | |||||
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| S, fl, vla, pf | 1951 | holograph | Score & vocal score. Material availble for hire from Edition Peters. | ||
| S, rec, vla, pf | 1996 | holograph | Fl part arr for recorder (descant & bass) | ||
| S, rec, vla, pf | 1996 | printed | Computer set by John Turner | ||
| Rainbow, The (Walter de la Mare) | |||||
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V, pf | 1928, revised 1936 | holograph | ||
| Romantic songs, Four (from 'Medieval Latin lyrics' Helen Waddell) | |||||
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| T, ob, strings | 1949, revised 1960 | holograph | Full score. Original in the Britten-Pears Library; CUL has photocopy. Material available for hire from Edition Peters. | ||
| T, pf | 1960 | holograph | Vocal score | ||
| Scots songs, Seven | |||||
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| V/unison, pf | 1954 | holograph | MISSING | ||
| V/unison, pf | 1956 | printed | Published by Oxford University Press | ||
| Sleep – see Come sleep | |||||
| Snowdrop time (Mary Webb) | |||||
| V, fl, ob, str. | 1930 | holograph | Score & vocal score (revised 1933). Not for performance or publication | ||
| Soldier's life (In the valley green and still) (A.E. Housman) | |||||
| V, pf | 1943 | holograph | |||
| Songs of innocence (Blake) | |||||
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| V, str 4tet | 1929, revised 1932 | holograph | Original score and vocal score are in the National Library of Scotland; CUL has a photocopy of both, and also of a different holograph vocal score (location unknown) | ||
| V, str 4tet | 1932 | holograph | String parts, copied 1932. | ||
| Spiritual exercise, A (Stephen Spender) | |||||
| V, pf | 1937 | holograph | |||
| Traditional Scots songs, Seven (published in the series: The Kelvin series of Scots songs) | |||||
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| V, pf | 1965 | printed | Published by: Bayley & Ferguson | ||
| Turn ye to me (Christopher North) | |||||
| V, pf | 194-? | holograph | Old Scots tune; accompaniment by R.O. | ||
| Versus from Ogden Nash | |||||
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| V, str 4tet | 1978 | holograph | Score and vocal score, and sketches | ||
| V, str 4tet | 1978 | photocopy | Score and parts of version for string orchestra | ||
| V, pf | 1985 | printed | Vocal score published by: Anglo American | ||
| Word in my ear, A | |||||
| V, pf | 1976 | holograph | “Adapted from Michael Flanders [and] Donald Swan and performed by R.O. and Hugh Sykes Davies at a dinner in St. John's on our retirement, 1976.” | ||