MALLY DIDDENT CUM

TEUN- " Farewell, my Jumbaree. "

Aw had te meet young Mally once,
Aw'll not forget that neet;
She promised tiv us faithfully
Te be i' Grainger Street.
"She wad meet us near the Monniment,"
Te me she whisp'rin' said;
But, oh ! that disappointment
Such misery convey'd.

Korus.

But, oh dear! Mally diddent cum!
She kept us waitin' there se lang,
Heart-broken-c-aw wes glum;
For it's an awful disappointment
When yor sweetheart dissent cum!

Aw went roond be the Market,
But Mally wassent there;
Throo Newgate Street an' Blackett Street,
Aw wander'd full 0' care;
Then went back te the Monniment,
But still aw cuddent see
The sweetheart that had promised
To meet us faithfully.

Northumberland Street, an' Percy Street,
Aw stagger'd wildly throo,
The breezes frae the Moor Edge
Cud nivvor cool me broo,
Forfever-heat-iv ivry street
Ne Mally aw cud see:
Aw went back to the Monniment
Increasin' misery.

l' Grey Street, an' i' Grainger Street,
For three lang oors or mair,
Me eyes obscured wi' grief an' gloom,
Greet sorrow for me share,
At last, aw myed me way back hyem,
But there aw cuddent sleep,
For oh ! aw nivvor thowt that Mall
Her promise waddent keep.

-Source: Joe Wilson, (author) Songs and Drolleries, 1890