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| 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, | 5 |
| O Tinkler Maidgie was her mither; | |
| Sic a wife as Willie had, | |
| I wad na gie a button for her! | |
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| She has an e’e, she has but ane, | |
| The cat has twa the very colour; | 10 |
| 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, | 15 |
| I wadna gie a button for her! | |
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| 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: | 20 |
| 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! | |
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| Auld baudrons by the ingle sits, | 25 |
| 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; | 30 |
| Sic a wife as Willie had, | |
| I wadna gie a button for her! | |
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