THE bride cam' out o' the byre, And O, as she dighted her cheeks, 'Sirs, I'm to be married the-night, And ha'e neither blankets nor sheets -- Ha'e neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right meikle ado!' Wooed and married and a'! Married and wooed and a'! And was she na very weel aff That was wooed and married and a'? Out spake the bride's father As he cam' in frae the pleugh, 'O haud your tongue, my dochter, And ye'se get gear eneugh. The stirk stands i' the tether, And our braw bawsint yade Will carry hame your corn: -- What wad ye be at, ye jade?' Out spake the bride's mither: 'What, deil, needs a' this pride? I hadna a plack in my pouch That night I was a bride. My gown was linsey-wolsey, And ne'er a sark ava; And ye ha'e ribbons and buskin's Mae than ane or twa.' Out spake the bride's brither As he cam' in wi' the kye: 'Puir Willie wad ne'er ha'e ta'en ye Had he kent ye as weel as I. For ye're baith pround and saucy, And no for a puir man's wife; Gin I canna get a better I'se ne'er tak' ane i' my life!' Out spake the bride's sister As she cam' in frae the byre; 'Oh, gin I were but married, It's a' that I desire! But we puir folk maun live, And do the best we can; I dinna ken what I should want If I could get but a man!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LOVER'S QUARREL by ROBERT BROWNING THE FACE ON THE [BAR-ROOM] FLOOR by HUGH ANTOINE D'ARCY PASSION'S HOUNDS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES SONNET: 23. ON HIS DECEASED WIFE by JOHN MILTON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 72, 73, 74, 75. AWWAL, AKHIR, THAHIR, BATIN by EDWIN ARNOLD THE GOOD SHEPHERD WITH THE KID by MATTHEW ARNOLD |