'Husband, husband, cease your strife, <br />Nor longer idly rave, Sir; <br />Tho' I am your wedded wife <br />Yet I am not your slave, Sir.' <br />'One of two must still obey, <br />Nancy, Nancy; <br />Is it Man or Woman, say, <br />My spouse Nancy?' <br /> <br />'If 'tis still the lordly word, <br />Service and obedience; <br />I'll desert my sov'reign lord, <br />And so, good bye, allegiance!' <br />'Sad shall I be, so bereft, <br />Nancy, Nancy; <br />Yet I'll try to make a shift, <br />My spouse Nancy.' <br /> <br />'My poor heart, then break it must, <br />My last hour I am near it: <br />When you lay me in the dust, <br />Think how you will bear it.' <br />'I will hope and trust in Heaven, <br />Nancy, Nancy; <br />Strength to bear it will be given, <br />My spouse Nancy.' <br /> <br />'Well, Sir, from the silent dead, <br />Still I'll try to daunt you; <br />Ever round your midnight bed <br />Horrid sprites shall haunt you!' <br />'I'll wed another like my dear <br />Nancy, Nancy; <br />Then all hell will fly for fear, <br />My spouse Nancy.'<br /><br />Robert Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-spouse-nancy/
