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 hadI 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.
Lizie's face was like the moon,Her shouther's maist as braid as Samson's;Her very picture's like the signThat hings aboon au'd Rabin Tamson's.But de'il a prin does Johnny careWere Lizie like the Witch of Endor;Johnny fattens on her gear—He wadna gi'e a button for her.