Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed,

The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie;

Willie was a wabster guid, weaver good

Cou'd stown a clue wi' ony body. have stolen

He had a wife was dour and din, stubborn, sallow

O, Tinkler Madgie was her mither; Tinker

Sic a wife as Willie had, Such

I wad na gie a button for her!

She has an e'e, she has but ane, eye

The cat has twa the very colour;