Wad Ye Do That?
Wad Ye Do That? - meaning Summary
Sexual Bargaining in Colloquial Scots
In plain, colloquial Scots a man asks a married woman if she would accept him in her bed while her husband is away. She answers bluntly, saying she lies alone when the husband is absent and then boasts that her husband sleeps with her five times each night—posing the question back: would he do that? The poem stages a frank, bawdy exchange about desire, fidelity, and sexual expectations, using direct speech and rustic humor to expose practical negotiation of intimacy.
Read Complete AnalysesGudewife, when your gudeman's frae hame, Might I but be sae bauld, As come to your bed-chamber, When winter nights are cauld; As come to your bed-chamber, When nights are cauld and wat, And lie in your gudeman's stead, Wad ye do that? Young man, an ye should be so kind, When our gudeman's frae hame, As come to my bed-chamber, Where I am laid my lane; And lie in our gudeman's stead, I will tell you what, He fucks me five times ilka night, Wad ye do that?
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