Ewan MacColl - I Maun Hae a Wife (Robert Burns) video free download

Ewan MacColl - I Maun Hae a Wife (Robert Burns)

I maun hae a wife, whatsoe'er she be

An' she be a woman, that's enough for me.

chorus: Buy broom besoms! Wha will buy them noo?

Fine heather ringers, better never grew.

If that she be bonnie, I shall think her right,

If that she be ugly, where's the odds at night?

O, an' she be young, how happy shall I be

If that she be auld, the sooner she will dee.

If that she be fruitfu', O what joy is there!

If she should be barren, less will be my care.

Be she green or grey, be she black or fair

Let her be a woman, I shall seek nae mair.

If she like a drappie, she and I'll agree,

If she dinna like it, there's the mair for me.