Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUCK O' KINGWATTER, by ROBERT ANDERSON OF CARLISLE First Line: When I was single, I rid a fine nag Last Line: Sing oh! The lasses ... Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
WHEN I was single, I rid a fine nag, And was ca'd the Buck o' Kingwatter, Now the coat o' my back has got but ae sleeve, And my breeks are a' in a tatter. Sing oh! the lasses! the lazy lasses! Keep frae the lasses o' Branton I ne'er wad hae married, that day I married But I was young, fuilish, and wanton. I courted a lassan angel I thowt, She's turned out the picture of evil; She geapes, you may count ivry tuith in her head, And shouts fit to freeten the deevil. Sing oh! the lasses ... To-day she slipped out some baccy to buy And bade me mind rock the cradle; I cowp'd owre asleep, but suin she com'd And brak aw my head wi' the ladle. Sing oh! the lasses ... I ne'er hed a heart to hannel a gun Or I'd run away and leave her: She pretends to win purns, but that's aw fun, They say she's owre kind wi' the weaver. Sing oh! the lasses ... I dinnerless gang ae hawf o' the week; If we git a bit meat on the Sunday, She cuts me nae mair than wad physic a snipe; Then we've tatey and point ivry Monday. Sing oh! the lassies ... Tho' weary o' life, wi' this gud-for-nowte wife, I wish I cud git sec anudder; And then I cud gie the deevil the teane, For takin' away the tudder! Sing oh! the lasses ... | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV WALT WHITMAN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BY THE POTOMAC by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SONNET TO HIS FRIEND R.L. IN PRAISE OF MUSIQUE AND POETRIE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |
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