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 Sic a wife as Johnny had, I wadna gi'e a button for her.

Johnny was ance half in love, His fancy was by beauty haunted; Heaven shone in Johnny's ee. But no the beauty Johnny wanted. Far Johnny courted Lizie Painch 'Cause Lizie Painch she had the , But sic a wife as Lizie Painch, I wadna gie a button for her.

Lizie's face was like the moon, Her showher's maist as braid as Samsons; Her very picture's like the sign, That hings aboon auld Robin Tamson's. But de'il a prin does Johnny care, Were Lizie like the witch of Ender; Johnny fasten's on her gear, He wadna gie a button for her.