The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie;
Willie was a wabster guid, [weaver good]
Cou'd stown a clue wi' ony body. [have stolen]
He had a wife was dour and din, [stubborn, sallow]
O, Tinkler Madgie was her mither; [Tinker]
Sic a wife as Willie had, [Such]
I wad na gie a button for her!

She has an e'e, she has but ane, [eye]
The cat has twa the very colour;
Five rusty teeth, forbye a stump, [besides]
A clapper tongue wad deave a miller; [deafen]
A whiskin beard about her mou, [mouth]
Her nose and chin they threaten ither;
Sic a wife as Willie had,
I wad na gie a button for her!

She's bow-hough'd, she's hem-shinn'd, [bandy, crooked]
Ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter; [One, hand-breadth]
She's twisted right, she's twisted left,
To balance fair in ilka quarter: [either]
She has a hump upon her breast,
The twin o' that upon her shouther;
Sic a wife as Willie had,
I wad na gie a button for her!

Auld baudrons by the ingle sits, [Old pussy, fireside]
An' wi' her loof her face a-washin; [palm]
But Willie's wife is nae sae trig, [trim]
She dights her grunzie wi' a hushion; [wipes, snout, stocking-leg]