Ye Knaw! Ye See!

Teun-"The Railway Guard."

Whenivor ye hear a story tell'd
On owt, or on nowt at a'
De ye nivvor mind the diff'rint styles?
Thor's sum 'ill say ye knaw!
An' sum 'ill say ye understand!
An' sum 'ill say ye see!
At the end ov ivry sentence,
So just lissen lads, te me

Korus.
For ye knaw an' ye see, an' ye understand,
An' ye understand, ye knaw,
Ye'll find i' story-tellin thor's a lot o' funny ways,
But aw's sure this quite licks a'.

For instance, aw'll tyek a chep that once
Tell'd me his pedigree,
As a specimine o' the way foaks tell
A story, de ye see?
Says he, "Then forst, ye'll understand,
Me muther's nyem wes Gee,
An' me fethur's nyem Bob Broon, ye knaw,
Byeth diffrint quite, ye see!

"Me muther's nyem wes nivvor changed,
Tho not her falt, he knaw,
Me fethur left the toon, ye see,
Afore dayleet aw saw;
It wassent reet, ye understand,
Frae wife an' bairn te flee,
But aw warn'd he diddent knaw that
Aw wes cumin, de ye see?"

What puzzles me myest, ye'll understand
Is the habit foaks hes, ye see!
I' saying ye knaw an'' ye understand,
An' ye see, an' de ye not see?
The subject may be grand, ye knaw,
Or may be nowt at a',
But still foaks say, ye understand,
Ye see, besides ye knaw!

-Joe Wilson