WHERE IS GEORDEY GYEN?

TEUN- "Homeward Bound."

OH, where-oh, where is wor Geordey gyen?
He'll not gan te wark, or he'll not stop at hyem;
Aw've seen little on him since New Eer's day,
If he'll not gan te wark, he'll get ne pay.

Korus.

Oh! where is Geordey gyen-oh, where?
Oh! where is Geordey gyen?

'Twes the Nine Oors Movement did the trick,
For it suits wor lad ony time te stick:
If Geordey had his awn way, aw knaw,
He wad gan on strike for ne wark at a'!

When the Strike wes on, he wes better off then
Then he wes before, or he'll be agyen,
For he got his beer, an' injoyed his smoke:
When the Strike wes settled, his heart wes broke!

At last, rethur then work-wi' passhun het
He knock'd doon the forst Belgein he met;
An', man, hoo sorry aw was for the lad,
When they sent him for six weeks te quad.

It's true he wes often i' jail before,
But his mates gov him welcum oot wiv a roar;
It's true what aw say, an' de what aw like,
He'll nivvor be reet till thor's anuther Strike!

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