Author:William Walkinshaw
"This song ['Willie was a wanton wag'] first appeared in the Tea-Table Miscellany, vol. ii., 1725, with the initials W. W. attached, and its authorship is generally ascribed to William Walkinshaw of Walkinshaw, near Paisley." —"Willie was a wanton wag," in The Book of Scottish Song, (ed.) by Alexander Whitelaw (1843)
"Farther than mentioning his name we cannot go, as no other particulars connected with him have we been able to procure." —The Harp of Renfrewshire, (ed.) by William Motherwell (1872).
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- "Willie was a wanton wag" (1725)
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