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The Henpecked Husband

by Robert Burns, 1788

Chorus.—robin shure in hairst,
  I shure wi' him.
Fient a heuk had I,
  Yet i stack by him.

I gaed up to Dunse,
  To warp a wab o' plaiden,
At his daddie's yett,
  Wha met me but Robin:
    Robin shure, &c.

Was na Robin bauld,
  Tho' i was a cotter,
Play'd me sic a trick,
  An' me the El'er's dochter!
    Robin shure, &c.

Robin promis'd me
  A' my winter vittle;
Fient haet he had but three
  Guse-feathers and a whittle!
    Robin shure, &c.

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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