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TONE-POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS
No. 213. Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed.
Tune : Sic a wife as Willie had. Scots Musical Museum.^ 1792, No. 376.
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Wil - lie Was - tie dwalt on Tweed, The spot they ca'd it
Lin-kum-dod-die ; Wil - lie was a wabs-ter gude Could stoun a
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clue wi' o - ny bod - ie : He had a wife was dour and din,
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O, Tiiik - let Maid . gie was her mit - her ; Sic a wife as
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Wil - lie had, I wad - na gie a but - ton for her.
Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed,
The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie ;
Willie was a wabster gude
Could stoun a clue wi' ony bodie :
He had a wife w^as dour and din,
O, Tinkler Maidgie was her mither;
Sic a wife as Willie had,
I wadna 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.