[
  {
    "title": "370. Song—Sic a Wife as Willie had",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "WILLIE WASTLE dwalt on Tweed,",
      "  The spot they ca’d it Linkumdoddie;",
      "Willie was a wabster gude,",
      "  Could stown a clue wi’ ony body:",
      "He had a wife was dour and din,",
      "  O Tinkler Maidgie was her mither;",
      "Sic a wife as Willie had,",
      "  I wad na gie a button for her!",
      "",
      "",
      "She has an e’e, she has but ane,",
      "  The cat has twa the very colour;",
      "Five rusty teeth, forbye a stump,",
      "  A clapper tongue wad deave a miller:",
      "A whiskin beard about her mou’,",
      "  Her nose and chin they threaten ither;",
      "Sic a wife as Willie had,",
      "  I wadna gie a button for her!",
      "",
      "",
      "She’s bow-hough’d, she’s hein-shin’d,",
      "  Ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter;",
      "She’s twisted right, she’s twisted left,",
      "  To balance fair in ilka quarter:",
      "She has a lump upon her breast,",
      "  The twin o’ that upon her shouther;",
      "Sic a wife as Willie had,",
      "  I wadna gie a button for her!",
      "",
      "",
      "Auld baudrons by the ingle sits,",
      "  An’ wi’ her loof her face a-washin;",
      "But Willie’s wife is nae sae trig,",
      "  She dights her grunzie wi’ a hushion;",
      "Her walie nieves like midden-creels,",
      "  Her face wad fyle the Logan Water;",
      "Sic a wife as Willie had,",
      "  I wadna gie a button for her!"
    ],
    "linecount": "32"
  }
]