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 MY LIGHT WITH YOURS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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