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;