THE NEET SCHEUL

TEUN- "The Lancashire Lass."

WOR Jack's a young lad that's byeth clivor an' smart,
His heed's full 0' knollidge an' a' kinds 0' lairnin;
He's got a' the scheul beuks clean off be heart,
An' nowt else wad please him but startin a scheul.
He thowt he cud de the thing complete,
Efter wark, i' the hoose, myest ivry neet,
Wi' lads an' lasses belangin the street,
He wad seun hey a canny bit scheul,

Korus

"If they'd say eftor me thor ABC,"
He thowt it wad de se canny an' clivor ;
But ABC DEan' F G
Wes owt but a spree for poor Jack at the scheu!.

The scholars he got wes a thick-heeded lot,
They had bother'd the heed ov mony a maister,
Till hopeless they'd let them a' gan te pot,
So Jack got them a' when he opened the scheul;
Besides they war nearly twice Jack's age,
If they broke a slate or tore a page,
They wad laffte see him get iv a rage,
An they'd myek quite a scene i' scheu!.

Says one, "What's the gud ov us lairnin at a'?
When aw can get me muther te read the papers;"
Says anuther, "Aw'lllairn when aw'm auder, aw knaw,
That 'ill save us the trouble ov gannin te scheul!"
Then anuther wad seun brick up the class,
Wi' startin te tease anuther lad's lass,
An' if Jack spoke they'd smack his jaws,
So they seun put an end te the scheul,

Says Jack, "But ye'll a' rue this i' the end,
Thor's nowt ye'll regret like yor lairnin neglected,
Ye pay ne attenshun becawse aw's yor frind,
When aw's willin te teach ye ye'll not hey a scheul
Ye'll think 0' the chance ye've thrawn away,
An' mony a time ye'll rue the day
That ye broke up me little bit scheul.

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