LAST NEET AW FELL OOT WI' ME MATE!

TEUN- "The Gallowgate Lad."

AW'M bad, but aw's always complainin,
Me heed's just as thick as can be,
Se often aw get on the fuddle,
Reflection's ne plissure for me;
Me-sel aw cud start noo an' hammer,
Aw think se much shem te relate;
Throo the drink aw's byeth sad an' unhappy,
Last neet aw fell oot wi' me mate.

A canny young fellow is Geordey,
He's been a real gud un te me;
It's fewthat's enjoy'd better frindship,
Se kind an' true-hearted is he ;
Aw nivvor fell oot wi' me comrade,
Till last neet, aw'm sorry te state:
Aw teuk offme coat for te fight him,
Te fight wi' maw canny aud mate.

Wi' spirits an' beer nearly crazy,
Disputin each word that he said:
Me tung full ov owt but gud langwidge,
A mis'rable time on't aw myed;
Aw struck him, an' show'd me bad temper,
Man! me-sel aw cud willingly hate ;
Aw cud cry, aw's that full 0' vexation,
Te think aw fell oot wi' me mate.

Poor fellow, he tried te persuade us
Te pitch up the drink for me gud,
An' he said, if aw'd try, wiv a struggle
Aw'd did, an' quite easy aw cud;
But stubborn, aw started te call him
A preacher, se paltry, te prate;
Aw treated wi' scorn his true kindness,
An' scoff'd at maw canny aud mate.

Aw saw the poor lad wes quite nettled,
An' sorry te see me that way;
He tried te put me in gud humour,
Not one angry word wad he say;
But heed-strang an' fiercely ungrateful,
Wi' passion that waddent abate;
Aw call'd him a "nowt" for his trouble,
An' fairly fell out wi' me mate.

When sober hoo happy tegither
We've been, an' we always cud be,
Aw'll tyek his advice, turn teetotal,
The varry best thing aw can de:
For drink myeks a man se unhappy,
Throo trouble it's sure te create;
It separates frinds an' relations,
An' myeks a chep loss a gud mate.

The above can also be used as a Recitation.

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