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sic a wife as willie had

willie wastle dwalt on tweed,

the spot they ca'd it linkumdoddie;

willie was a wabster gude,

could stown a clue wi' ony body:

he had a wife was dour and din,

o tinkler maidgie was her mither;

sic a wife as willie had,

i wad na gie a button for her!

she has an e'e, she has but ane,

the cat has twa the very colour;

five rusty teeth, forbye a stump,

a clapper tongue wad deave a miller:

a whiskin beard about her mou',

her nose and chin they threaten ither;

sic a wife as willie had,

i wadna gie a button for her!

she's bow-hough'd, she's hein-shin'd,

ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter;

she's twisted right, she's twisted left,

to balance fair in ilka quarter:

she has a lump upon her breast,

the twin o' that upon her shouther;

sic a wife as willie had,

i wadna gie a button for her!

auld baudrons by the ingle sits,

an' wi' her loof her face a-washin;

but willie's wife is nae sae trig,

she dights her grunzie wi' a hushion;

her walie nieves like midden-creels,

her face wad fyle the logan water;

sic a wife as willie had,

i wadna gie a button for her!