Hoo Te Myek Mischeef!

                      Teun- " The Donkey Cairt."

                      One Day Nan Broon an' Mary Green wes talkin i' the yard.
                      Thor words drew me attenshun, so aw lissen'd till aw heard
                      What neybors say te neybors when they think nebody near.
                      What little words myeks greet mischeef, aw' ll try te let ye hear--
                      For Nanny Broon an' Mary Green that day said quite eneuff
                      Te myek the yard a scene o' strife wi' foaks byeth wild an' ruff.

                      Korus.
                      For oh, but a mischeevous tung
                      'Ill myek the breest wi' trouble rung,
                      Ye'll find oot when the sang aw've sung,
                      That's just exactly true.

                      Says Mary Green-"Last neet as aw wes waitin for me man,
                      Aw's sure twes efter half-past twelve, aw heard the toon clock gan,
                      Aw heard two voices i'; the yard,-aw thot aw knew them tee,
                      Aw luckt oot the stair-heed window an' whe else shud aw see,
                      But Fanny Edwards wiv a chep, aw's sure twes Davie Swan,
                      He had his airms aroond her waist, an' he's a married man!"

                      Says Nanny Broon- "Faith, Mistress Green, aw think yor nowt but reet,
                      For Mistress Jonsin, at the club, declared, the tuther neet,
                      That Fannuy Edwards wes ne better then a lass shud be,
                      An' Mistress Foster said the syem te Mistress Tate an' me,
                      Aw's sure aw really think me-sel the lass is little gud.
                      She's not fit even for a lad like lazy Charley Wood."

                      Nan Brooon an' Mary went away, but late that varry neet
                      Aw heard sic noises i' the yard that woke up a' the street,
                      For Nanny Broon had tell'd a frind what Mary Green had said,
                      An' Mary Green had deun the syem an' lots o' mischeef myed,
                      Fopr Mistress Edwards got te knaw her dowtor wes run doon,
                      So oot she cum te clear thor nyem afore myest a' the toon.

                      Yung Fanny tee com tiv her aid, an' went to Mary Green.
                      Says she--" Ye've said a vast aboot last neet what ye had seen.
                      Ye say ye saw us i' the yard wi' sum aud married man,
                      An' if ye want to knaw the truth that man wes just yor awn.
                      He met us cummin throo the street an' set us te the door,
                      Aw didn't want ne mischeef or aw'd tell'd ye that before."

                      Directly Fanny spoke these words, wi' yells the row begun,
                      An' Mistress Mary Green's gud-man rued sairly what he'd deun.
                      She'd heard it hinted he waes false, an' noo she fund it true,
                      'The mischeef ended wiv her-sel that she begun te brew;
                      For days an' weeks it lasted, the talk ov a' the toon,
                      An' Mary Green te myek things warse, fell oot wi' Nancy Broon.
                      -Joe Wilson