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Willie Wastle's Wife


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Willie Wastle's Wife The prospect of being wed to a wife 'such as Willie had' was enough to turn a man to drink. Instead, it drove Burns to rhyme and the poor lady (and poor Willie Wastle) were thus immortalised.

For those dedicated to the living detail of history, there remains one foundation stone of the house they occupied in 'Lincumdoddie'.
A whiskin beard about her mou,
Her nose and chin they threaten ither:
Sic a wife as Willie had
I wad na gie a button for her.

She has a 'hump' upon her breast
The twin o' that upon her shou'der
Sic a wife as willie had,
I wad na gie a button for her
Willie Wastle (1792)

Willie Wastle's Wife


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