Alexander Wilson

“ WATTY and MEG;
or, The Wife Reformed.
"We dream in courtship, but awake in wedlock."
—POPE. [1]
KEEN the frosty winds were blawin',
Deep the snaw had wreathed the ploughs;
Watty, weary't a' day sawin',
Dannert down to Mungo Blew's.
5 Dryster Jock was sitting, crackie,
Wi' Patie Tamson o' the Hill—
"Come awa," quo Johnny, " Watty! ”

“ And aften kindly in my lug wad say,
“Ae half year langer is nae unco stop,
“We’ll marry then, and syne set up a shop”.
⁠O, Sir, but lasses words are saft and fair
Ihey soothe our griefs, and banish ilka care;
Wha wadna toil to please the lass he lo’es?
A lover true minds this in a’ he does. ”

“ Syne below the blankets glorious,
⁠Held anither hinny moon.
FINIS.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”

“ To be at hame, and share it a’ wi’ Kate.
⁠Fool that I was, how little did I think
That love would soon be lost for fa’t, o’ Clin (illegible text)
The loss of fair won wealth, tho’ hard to beat
Afore this—ne’er had pow’r to force a tear. ”