The Book of Scottish Song/She is a winsome

She is a winsome.

[Written by Burns in 1792 for Thomson's collection, to the tune of "My wife's a wanton wee thing."]

She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a bonnie wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine!

I never saw a fairer,
I never loo'd a dearer;
And neist my heart I'll wear her,
For fear my jewel tine.

She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonnie wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.

The warld's wrak we share o't,
The warstle and the care o't;
Wi' her I'll blythely bear it,
And think my lot divine.

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