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SIC A WIFE AS WILLIE HAD. AKA - "Willie Wastle," "Willie Wastle Dwalt on Tweed." AKA and see "Eight Men of Moidart (The)." Scottish, Air (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. “Old” says Gow, referring to the tune to which Poet Robert Burns wrote words for, "[[Eight Men of Moidart (The)." His poem “Sic a Wife as Willie had” was originally written to it, but also has been set to the melody "Tibbie Fowler o' the Glen."

Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed,
The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie;
Willie was a wabster gude,
Cou'd stown a clue wi' ony bodie;
He had a wife was dour and din,
O Tinkler Madgie was her mither;
Sic a wife as Willie had,
I wadna gie a button for her!

Burns composed the cutting verses in the kitchen of Crook Inn in the Scottish Borders in 1792, while traveling between Edinburgh and Dumfries. They lampooned the ugly wife of his close friend, weaver Willie Wastle, pointing out rather crudely all her blemishes and referring to her rotten teeth and how her chin and nose threatened each other.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Johnson (Scots Musical Museum, vol. 4), 1792; p. 389. Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; p. 31.

Recorded sources: -Culburnie Records CUL , Aladair Fraser, Muriel Johnstone & Natalie Haas – “Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, vol. 2” ().

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-'''SIC A WIFE AS WILLIE HAD.'''  Scottish, Air (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. “Old” says Gow. Poet Robert Burns wrote words for his song “Sic a Wife as Willie had”, with the burden:
+'''SIC A WIFE AS WILLIE HAD.'''  AKA - "Willie Wastle," "Willie Wastle Dwalt on Tweed." AKA and see "[[Eight Men of Moidart (The)]]." Scottish, Air (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. “Old” says Gow, referring to the tune to which  Poet Robert Burns wrote words for, "[[Eight Men of Moidart (The)." His poem “Sic a Wife as Willie had” was originally written to it, but also has been set to the melody "[[Tibbie Fowler o' the Glen]]."
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+''Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed,''<br>
+''The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie;''<br>
+''Willie was a wabster gude, ''<br>
+''Cou'd stown a clue wi' ony bodie;''<br>
+''He had a wife was dour and din,''<br>
+''O Tinkler Madgie was her mither;''<br>
 ''Sic a wife as Willie had,''<br>
 ''I wadna gie a button for her!''<br>
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-Burns composed the cutting verses in the kitchen of Crook Inn in the Scottish Borders in 1792. They lampooned the ugly wife of his close friend, weaver Willie Wastle, pointing out rather crudely all her blemishes and referring to her rotten teeth and how her chin and nose threatened each other.
+Burns composed the cutting verses in the kitchen of Crook Inn in the Scottish Borders in 1792, while traveling between Edinburgh and Dumfries. They lampooned the ugly wife of his close friend, weaver Willie Wastle, pointing out rather crudely all her blemishes and referring to her rotten teeth and how her chin and nose threatened each other.
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-<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Gow ('''Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), 1822; p. 31.
+<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Johnson ('''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 4'''), 1792; p. 389. Gow ('''Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), 1822; p. 31.
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