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
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