Lyr Req: The Good-Looking Widow

Subject: looking for widow song
From:
Date: 16 Nov 02 - 12:30 PM

I'm looking for the lyrics to a song about a woman with several husbands (in succession). The chorus is
I ken I'm goodlookin an handsome an braw
An though I'm a widow that's nae thing of a
And if some bonny laddie wuid tak me awa
Then I'd be his bride in the mornin

And one of the verses is about a baker with lots of dough but couldn't rise in the morning.

Anybody? Thanks!
Wendy
Fife, Scotland

Subject: Lyr Add: THE GOOD-LOOKING WIDOW (L. Cheyne)
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Nov 02 - 12:52 PM

THE GOOD-LOOKING WIDOW
(L. Cheyne)
I ken I'm good-lookin' an' handsome an' braw
And though I'm a widow that's nothin' at a'
And if some bonnie laddie will tak' me awa
Then I'll be his bride in the mornin'

I'm a good-lookin'widow, nae wonder ye stare
I've had three men already, as sure as you're there
And it's nae for anither my heart'll be sair
For I'll get anither ae mornin'

The first man I had was a baker tae trade
He was a loafer, and very low-bred
Fond o' me but mair fond o' his bed
So I got anither ae mornin'

The second man I had was a tailor tae trade
He was a dab-hand wi' needle an' thread
He'd a wart on his neck whaur his collar gaed on
That he used for a stud in the mornin'

The third man I had was a fella ca'd Sam
He was a good man but he lik d a dram
Sae oor married life didnae last awf'y lang
And I got anither ae mornin'

(as sung by Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise)
Found over at Henry's Songbook

Subject: RE: looking for widow song
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Nov 02 - 12:54 PM

e mail sent

Subject: RE: looking for widow song
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 16 Nov 02 - 09:19 PM

It's also on the 'Scots Women' CD, sung by Anne Neilson, with a little note:

[2001:] The song [...] is a cheerful tale of serial marital mayhem with its roots in the music hall tradition. Anne learned it from the singing of Janet Weatherston of Edinburgh. (Notes 'Scots Women')