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She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine ! I never saw a fairer, I never lo'ed a dearer, And niest my heart I'll wear her, For fear my jewel tine. She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine ! The warld's wrack, we share o't, The warsle and the care o't, Wi' her I'll blithely bear it, And think my lot divine.
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Confirmed with The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1864, page 139-140.
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C'est une désirable petite chose, C'est une jolie petite chose, C'est une adorable petite chose, Ma douce petite femme! J'en ai jamais vu de plus belle, J'en ai jamais aimé de plus tendre, Et je la porterai contre mon cœur De peur de perdre mon trésor. C'est une désirable petite chose, C'est une jolie petite chose, C'est une adorable petite chose, Ma douce petite femme! Nous partageons les troubles du monde, Ses luttes et ses soucis, Avec elle je les supporterai gaiement, Et croirai mon lot divin.
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