Braes o' Birniebouzle (1823, Edinburgh)/Johnny Bluster's Wife
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JOHNNY BLUSTER'S WIFE.
Johnny Bluster dwalt on Clyde,
The place they ca'd it Traddletony;
Johnny was a joiner gude,
Nane cou'd weild a plane like Johnny.
Lizie Painch was Johnny's wife.
An' silly Matty was her Mither:
Sic a wife as Johnny had
I wadna gi'e a bntton for her.
The place they ca'd it Traddletony;
Johnny was a joiner gude,
Nane cou'd weild a plane like Johnny.
Lizie Painch was Johnny's wife.
An' silly Matty was her Mither:
Sic a wife as Johnny had
I wadna gi'e a bntton for her.
Johnny was ance ha'f in love,
His fancy was by beauty haunted;
Heav'n shone in Johnny's e'e—
But no the heav'n Johnny wanted:
For Johnny courted Lizie Painch,
Cause Lizie Painch she had the siller,
But sic a wife as Lizie Painch,
I wadna gi'e a button for her.
His fancy was by beauty haunted;
Heav'n shone in Johnny's e'e—
But no the heav'n Johnny wanted:
For Johnny courted Lizie Painch,
Cause Lizie Painch she had the siller,
But sic a wife as Lizie Painch,
I wadna gi'e a button for her.
Lizie's face was like the moon,
Her shouther's maist as braid as Samson's;
Her very picture's like the sign
That hings aboon au'd Rabin Tamson's.
But de'il a prin does Johnny care
Were Lizie like the Witch of Endor;
Johnny fattens on her gear—
He wadna gi'e a button for her.
Her shouther's maist as braid as Samson's;
Her very picture's like the sign
That hings aboon au'd Rabin Tamson's.
But de'il a prin does Johnny care
Were Lizie like the Witch of Endor;
Johnny fattens on her gear—
He wadna gi'e a button for her.