WHERE HEH VE BEEN, LASS'?

TEUN-"Jinny Nettle,"

"WHERE heh ye been, lass? cum an' tell us, Jinny, hinny,
Where heh ye been, lass? stoppin oot se late;
Where heh ye been, lass? cum an' tell yor sister, hinny,
Where heh ye been, lass? lang yeve made us wait;
Aw waddent wundor ye've' been kortin, feelins hortin, wi yor flortin,
Yor play'n the deuse wi' Harry Burton,
Divvent brick he's heart, lass 1"

(Sing the forst fower lines for the Korns.)

"What's that bit frame there, glis'nin like a gooldin ginney?
Is't Harry's portrait ?-heh ye lost yor tung?
What myeks ye frighten'd ?-let us see the pictor, hinny,
Then beside yor awn we'll seun hed nicely hung;
Let's hey a luck, maw canny sister, when aw miss her, hoo aw bliss her,
So cum an' let us cuddle, kiss her,Let us see the portrait! "

Korus.

"What's that aw see, lass? it issent Harry Burton's likeness,
That's Tommy Greener's, ye knaw that he's me lad.
Did he gie ye that ?-tell us, willye, hoo ye got it?
Whe heh ye been with? divvent myek us bad!
Oh, hinny, Jinny, quick an' tell us, for aw's jeIlous,-if the fellow
Fancies ye before yor Bella,Faith aw's fairly deun for! "

Korus.

"Oh, Bella, sister. dinnet think that aw wad harm ye,
Tom gos the portrait, an' tell'd us te gie ye'd;
Doon street we met, an' aw meant te keep't a bit te plague ye,
Noo aw've tell'd ye all aw'm like a pris'ner freed;
Since aw met him aw've been wi' Harry,-canny Harry says he'll marry
Me,-an' noo he's bowt a whurry,
What de ye think 0' that, lass?
That's where aw'vebeen lass,if the truth aw heh to tell ye,
Been wi' me awn lad, canny Harry Burton! "

(Repeat last two lines for last Korus.)

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