A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1792 · Poem

My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing

Air—“My Wife’s a Wanton Wee Thing.”


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.4
I never saw a fairer,I never lo’ed a dearer,And neist my heart I’ll wear her,For fear my jewel tine,8

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.12
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.16

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.20
Year
1792
Form
Poem
Location
Dumfries
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns