The Book of Scottish Song/My wife's

My wife's.

[The tune of "My wife's a wanton wee thing" is old, and is sometimes used as a reel tune. Part of the following song appears in Herd's collection, 1776, and part in Johnson's Museum.]

My wife's a wanton wee thing,
My wife's a wanton wee thing,
My wife's a wanton wee thing,
She winna be guided by me.

She play'd the loon ere she was married,
She play'd the loon ere she was married,
She play'd the loon ere she was married,
She'll do't again ere she die!

She sell'd her coat, and she drank it,
She sell'd her coat, and she drank it,
She row'd hersel' in a blanket;
She winna be guided by me.

She mind't na when I forbade her,
She mind't na when I forbade her,
I took a rung and I claw'd her,
And a braw gude bairn was she.

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