“She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a lo'esome wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.”

My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing, chorus (1792)

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Scottish poet and lyricist 1759–1796

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