The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3003   Message #3934214
Posted By: Jim Carroll
29-Jun-18 - 06:25 PM
Thread Name: Songs about getting older?
Subject: RE: Songs about getting older?
How could I have forgotten this one!!

From Burns's 'Merry Muses of Caledonia
Jim Carroll

WAD YE DAE THAT?
Gudewife, when your gudeman’s frae hame,
Micht I but be sae bauld,
As come to your bed-chaumer,
When winter nichts are cauld;
As come to your bed-chaumer,
When nichts are cauld an wat,
An lie in your gudeman’s steed,
Wad ye dae that?

Young man, an ye should be sae kind,
When oor gudeman’s frae hame,
As come to my bed-chaumer,
Where I am laid my lane;
An lie in oor gudeman’s steed,
I will tell you what,
He fucks me five times ilka nicht,
Wad ye dae that?