Lyr Req: Tek Mi On T'Fair (Ernest Ford)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tek Mi On T'Fair (Ernest Ford)
From: Mark Dowding
Date: 01 Sep 11 - 02:43 AM

Hello Chris
I'm so sorry to hear of your Uncle's passing. He got in touch with me a few years ago about his dialect writing in general as I have an interest in Lancashire dialect and we had a few emails pass between us over various things. Another song of his that was a great favourite was "Awterations" about how pubs have changed over the years and there was a verse in it that someone sang that Ernie didn't write and I asked him if he knew anything about it which I don't think he did so he was interested to hear it. I was thinking of getting in touch with him again to see if he would be interested in the Lancashire Society which has recently been formed to record and preserve the dialect and other aspects of Lancashire life but sadly that is not to be now.

Mark

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tek Mi On T'Fair (Ernest Ford)
From: GUEST,Chris_Boyle
Date: 01 Sep 11 - 02:16 AM

Hello People Im Ernest's Ford (our ernie) nethphew i grew up with my uncle ernie he was a great guy we aways used to go to the cricketers club in westhoughton and also (dog brow) Which is the little bridge near the cottage which he adored we always used to pass the cottage and he used to take photos but of the loss off him was a real heart break when i walked down stairs where i currantly live with my mother and as i walked down stairs my mother held my hand and said (Chris Uncle Ernie Has Pass Away) me and my mother sat there for hours and hours sobbing our hearts out i didnt get much of him i only got his original owdo booklet with the Lancashire dialect in it and a guitar he gave me i cant continue because im gonna start crying but thanks people

Subject: RE: Tek Mi On T'Fair
From: Peace
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 11:46 AM

Check youtube for it. Maybe it's there.

Subject: RE: Tek Mi On T'Fair
From: GUEST,Pilgrim
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 11:42 AM

Very kind. I'll have a bit of that. Google keeps asking me, do you
mean? in what I imagine is a really patronising voice....

Subject: Lyr Add: OW DO (Ernest Ford)
From: Peace
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 11:28 AM

Not the one you're looking for. Couldn't find the lyrics, but it is available on the 'net as an i-tune.


"Ow Do" by Ernest Ford

Ow do I said to this owd chap
Ow do he sed un raised his cap
Neaw who tha are I've nor a clue
But any road, ow do!

Ow do, agen I sed up t' road
To a ragbone mon sat on his load
Wilt stop awhile afore climbing t' brew
Ut least for t' se, ow do!

Ow do, he sed I'm fain t' see thee
Con t' gi uz a push I've hurt mi knee
Un on top o' that hers thrown a shoe
Aye, I'm fain for t' se, ow do!

Ow do, I strained eawt out, ow do
Uz him un t' load I pushed up brew
I met a farmer havin trouble too
BUT I NEVER SED, OW DO!

from


http://www.thisisbolton.co.uk/news/ourview/display.var.979719.0.life_and_times_of_the_king_of_lanky_dialect.php

Subject: RE: Tek Mi On T'Fair
From: GUEST,Pilgrim
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 11:06 AM

Many thanks. I'll give it a couple of days and then order a copy. It's only eight quid, after all.

Subject: RE: Tek Mi On T'Fair
From: Scrump
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 11:01 AM

No, but it was recorded by the Houghton Weavers on their 1976 album Howfen Wakes (now available on CD). If you can't get the words any other way, you could get a copy and trancsribe the words from that.

HTH

Subject: Tek Mi On T'Fair
From: GUEST,Pilgrim
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 09:16 AM

Does anyone have a copy of the lyrics for the Ernest Ford song above, or know where one can be found?