383. Song—My Wife's a winsome wee thing

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383. Song—My Wife's a winsome wee thing by Robert Burns

 Chorus.—She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a lo’esome wee thing,
 This dear wee wife o’ mine.


I NEVER saw a fairer,
I never lo’ed a dearer,
And neist my heart I’ll wear her,
 For fear my jewel tine,
 She is a winsome, &c.


The warld’s wrack we share o’t;
The warstle and the care o’t;
Wi’ her I’ll blythely bear it,
 And think my lot divine.
 She is a winsome, &c.

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