IF SPENNITHORNE HAD WUN! OR, THE PLATE O' 74

TEUN-"'John Anderson, my Jo."

Aw meant te buy a chist 0' drawers,
Besides a silver watch;
A sofa grand, te mense the hoose,
Wi' bonny chairs te match;
Besides a new leet suit 0' claes,
Te swagger i' the sun,
Aw'd been new te the very beuts,
If Spennithorne had wun.

Aw meant te buy me wife a dress,
Ov silk the varry best,
She'd been like a fat lanlady,
The way aw'd had her drest;
We meant te lodge at Tinmuth till
The money wes a' deun ;
An' promenade the Sands each day,
If Spennithorne had wun.

But Spennithorne wes nearly last,
An' Lily Agnes wun,
The cheers 0' winners diddent soond
Te me like ony fun;
Aw cannet tell hoo aw got hyem,
The moor aboot us spun,
Aw started wark next day, an' sigh'd-sIf
Spennithorne had wun !

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