WOR NEYBOR NELL! TEUN-" Pat Mulloy." Iv a' the torments i' the world, A neybor's warse then a', That borrows things frae day te day, An' dissent care a straw Whether ye get them back or not, If it just pleases them; Thor not aflaid te ask for mair, They nivvor knaw ne shem. We've got a neybor 0' this kind, She'll cum an' borrow cIaes, Or pots, or pans, an' kettles, an' She'll keep the syem for days. If we invite a frind te dine, We hardly get a smell, Till in she cums te borrow this Or that, dis Neybor Nell. Me dowter hes a nice young man, An' seun they'll married be, So often he cums te the hoose Te hey a cup 0' tea; He's always se polite an' prim, Relidgis iv his ways, Porticklor what he sees or hears, An' careful what he says; But still worneybor dissent care, Shud he be oot or in, She'll cum an' beg three-happence, te Get half-a-glass 0' gin; Aw've seen him quite disgusted like, His brou's byeth rose an' fell, Te hear the neybor, " Len us this, Or that!" frae Neybor Nell. One day we'd all got sittin doon, As use-yil te wor tea, When in cums Neybor Nell quite bowld, An' brasen'd as cud be ; Says she, "Excuse me cumrmin in, Sum cumpany aw've got, Thor wimmin foaks;-aw'd be obliged Ifye'd len us the pot ! She haddent time te say which pot It wes she wanted, till Up jumpt me dowter's sweetheart, an' The tea things myed a spill; Me dowter blush'd, her young man froon'd, Aw felt greet shem me-sel, An' wish'd aw had ne neybor like That torment, Neybor Nell. -Source: Joe Wilson, (author) Songs and Drolleries, 1890
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