Subject: The Pitman's Dream-North Pole
From:
Conrad Bladey (Peasant- Inactive)
Date: 23 May 00 - 04:05 PM
The Pitman's Dream;
Or, A description of the north Pol
Tune- Newcastle Fair Aw dream'd aw was at teh North Powl,
It's a fine place a-back o' the muen, man--
Maw sangs! Captain Parry will growl,
For he cannot get tid half sae seun, man:
There aw seed the Queen, Caroline,
And her lass they sae badly did use, man,
Wi' Geordy the Thurd drinking wine,
And the snuffy au'd dyem brushing shoes man. Chorus- Rum ti iddity, &c. Aw began then to swagger about,
Just to see Castleree aw was itchin',
When Percival gav a greet shout,
Od smash, he's down stairs i' the Kitchen!--
Thowt aw, then he's just safe eneugh--
Walking farther, aw meets Bonapartie,
Alang wi' au'd Blucher, sae bluff,
Speaking gabb'rish to poor Captain Starkie. Aw gat in to see Robin hood,
Had twe or three quairts wi' John Nipes, Man;
And Wesley, that yence preach'd sae good,
Sat smokin' and praisin the swipes, man;
Legs of mutton here grows on each tree,
Jack Nipes said, and wasn't mistaken--
When rainin' there's such a bit spree,
For there comes down great fat sides o' bacon. Brave Nelson here sells wooden legs,
Iv a shop where aw think he'll get rich in--
Just to see au'd Mahomet aw begs,
But, wi' Thurtell, he's doom'd i' the Kitchen:
Aw seed Billy Shakespeare sae prime,
Of plays he has written greet lots, man--
And there great John Kemble does shine--
Sam Johnson sups crodies wi' Scots, man How canny Joe foster did stare,
As he trotted past me on a donkey,
Mang lasses still wild as a hare,
And he keeps Jacky Coxon as flonkey:
Ne bishops nor priests here they need,
For the folks they can say their awn pray'rs man--
but, to myek them work hard for their breed,
they're sent on a mission, doon stiars, man. Aw agyen see'd the canny au'd King,
He's a far better chep now than ever--
But, set a' yor fine kings iv a ring,
I still think Fourth Geordy's as clever.
Aw've getten a pas for doon Stairs,
And if aw see owt there bewitchin',
Wey just think o' me i' yor pray'rs,
And aw'll send an account o' the Kitchen. R. Emery--In: The Newcastle Song Book or Tyne-Side Songster., W&T Fordyce
Newcastle Upon Tyne.
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