Well, answering my own request of 09.01.19, here are the lyrics of "Good Looking Widow" which is sung to the tune of "Mo Dhachaidh" (My Home). We have the tune in a dance set as a waltz, and I always have a wee giggle when we lay it, thinking of the song! Anne Neilson kindly gave me the words a few months before she passed away, sadly: she used to song it with great gusto! The Good Looking Widow (the second verse is often used as a chorus) I’m a good looking widow, no wonder you’ll stare I’ve had four men already, as soon as you’re there And oh for anither my hert it is sair But I’ll get number five in the morning An’ ye ken I’m good looking an’ handsome an’ braw An’ though I’m a widow that’s naething at a’ An’ if some bonny laddie will tak me awa Then I’ll be his bride in the morning An’ the first man I had was a tailor ca’d John He was a toff an’ a swell an’ a don He’d a wart on his neck where his collar gaed on That he used for a stud in the morning The next man I had was a baker tae trade He was a loafer an’ very low bred I ne’er met wi’ a man half so fond o’ his bed For he widnae rise in the morning Number three – what was he? Oh yes, he was a man He was some fond o’ me, but mair fond o’ a dram So our married life didnae last very long For he was still drunk in the morning And the last man I had, a nightwatchman was he He slept a’ day an’ so never wi’ me I was just as weel single – I wished he would dee Then I’d get number five in the morning
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