Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
511 . SongO aye my wife she dang me
Chorus—O aye my wife she dang me,
An’ aft my wife she bang’d me,
If ye gie a woman a’ her will,
Gude faith! she’ll soon o’er-gang ye.
And, fool I was! I married; But never honest man’s intent Sane cursedly miscarried. O aye my wife, &c. When a’ thir days are done, man, My pains o’ hell on earth is past, I’m sure o’ bliss aboon, man, O aye my wife, &c.