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Thread #72469   Message #2839573
Posted By: bradfordian
15-Feb-10 - 04:12 AM
Thread Name: Meltham, Yorkshire folksong
Subject: RE: Meltham, Yorkshire folksong
Here's the full lyrics of this song I referred to earlier.
I was given this by a neighbour when I lived in Huddersfield 30 yrs ago.

There's Linfit an, Slawit an' Marsden 'otel
Bills o' Jacks, Meltham an' Crossland - Crab Well
There's Netherton Dungeon and Butternab too
An' in Beaumont park there's some tunnels t' go through

Cho.
Encore, encore, we'll 'ave a glass more
Encore, encore, there'e time fer one more
Encore, encore, we'll 'ave a glass more,
An' then we'll go quietly 'ome, bow, wow.

There's High Moor an' Low Moor an' moors about York
Northumberland, Dublin, Newcastle an' Cork
Isle a Man, Isle a Wight, Gibralter an' Rome
Lockwood an' Honley an' New Mill an' Holme

There's Bill Barkers at Barhouse an' New Diggins tip
Rabies at Sunny Bank, scissors in t' Nick
Nethermoor, Waterhoil Dungeon, Woodhead
If yer want onny more yer mun sing it yer sen!

Linfit = Linthwaite
Slawit = Slaithwaite
Nick = Prison
onny = any
mun = must
sen = self

(Hmmm, I might just put this on my new CD!)

Brad