Poem by Anonymous

The Fond Husband No Story-Teller

When Thomas calls his wife his half,
     I like the fellow’s whim;
For why? She horns him – so the jilt
     Belongs but half to him.

1. The Banks o’ Glaizart
2. Ettrick Banks
3. Barthram’s Dirge
4. My Wife Has Ta'en the Gee
5. Inscription on a Gravestone in the Churchyard of Melrose Abbey

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