WILLIE
WASTLE
Willie
Wastle dwalt on Tweed,
The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie.
Willie was a wabster guid
Could stown a clue wi onie 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, forbve 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 wad na gie a button for her.
She's bow-hough'd, she's hem-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 hump upon her breast,
The twin o that upon her shouther:
Sic a wife as Willie had,
I wad na gie a button for her.
Auld
baudrans by the inale sits,
An wi her loof her face a-washin;
But Willie's wife is nae sae trig,
She dights her rg unzie wi a hushion;
Her walie nieves like midden?creels,
Her face wad fyle the Logan Water:
Sic a wife as Willie had,
I wad na gie a button for her.
With
the aid of the Glossary in THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS by
J.A. Mackay, write out the meanings of the words and expressions
underlined. When familiar with the poem try to paraphrase the poem.
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