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Thread #156827   Message #3698016
Posted By: r.padgett
29-Mar-15 - 04:29 AM
Thread Name: Geordie mining song translation please!
Subject: RE: Geordie mining song translation please!
Why me name is Jackie Robinson me name I Dee advance
Well my name is Jackie Robinson I tell you in advance

I drive a little gallowa they call him little chance
I drive a little pony? they call him Little Chance

Two greasy feet likewise a kickley back
Two greasy? feet and a hump? back

And gannin ower the gannin boards he meks the chummins knack
and going along the roadway he makes the tunnel rattle??


We wor cummin aroond the torn Titty..........
we were coming around the turn (turning point in the mining tunnel)
Chancey wadent had on Titty..........
?
We cum roond the torn se quick we cum off the way at the switch
we were going so fast at the turn we came off the rail lines at the switching points

Ye bugger we smashed the debity's kist Titty.........
~~~~~ we smashed the deputy's (pit deputy's ?kist?)

Well i have tried to decipher above any help please? deputy's kist I thought was his stick but can find no reference to support looks like his "locker"

Ray