The Merry Muses of Caledonia/Wha'll Mow Me Now ?
WHA'LL MOW ME NOW?
Tune—"Coming through the Rye."
An old song.
O wha'll mow me now, my jo.
And wha'll mow me now,
A sodger with his bandileers
Has bang'd my belly fou.
O I hae tint my rosy cheek,
Likewise my waist sae sma',
O wae gae wi' the sodger loon,
The sodger did it a'.
And wha'll, &c.
For I maun thole the scornfu' sneer,
O mony a saucy queen.
When, curse upon her godly face,
Her c——'s as merry's mine.
And wha'll, &c.
Our dame holds up her wanton tail,
As oft as she down lies,
And yet misca's a young thing,
The trade if she but tries.
And wha'll, &c.
Our dame has aye her ain gudeman,
And f——s for glutton greed,
And yet misca's a poor thing,
That f——s for its bread.
And wha'll, &c.
Alack! sae sweet a tree as love,
Sae bitter fruit should bear,
Alas! that e'er a merry c—t,
Should draw so mony a tear.
And wha'll, &c.
But devil tak' the lousy loon,
Denies the bairn he got,
Or leaves the merry lass he lo'ed,
To wear a ragged coat.
And wha'll, &c.