Alexander Laing

  • My Ain Wife

    I Wadna gi’e my ain wife
      For ony wife I see;
    I wadna gi’e my ain wife
      For ony wife I see;
    A bonnier yet I ’ve never seen,
      A better canna be—
    I wadna gi’e my ain wife
      For ony wife I see!

    O couthie is my ingle-cheek,...

  • The Happy Mother

    An’ O! may I never live single again,
    I wish I may never live single again;
    I hae a gudeman, an’ a hame o’ my ain,
    An’ O! may I never live single again.
    I ’ve twa bonnie bairnies, the fairest of a’,
    They cheer up my heart when their daddie’s awa’;
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