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A MON LIKE THEE

There's an owd chap lives down our street
In a cosy cottage greenhouse,
And every Sunday morning when it's fine,
Well, I often goes and sits with him to have a smoke and chat
Because he is a dear owd friend of mine.
And when it's getting dinnertime and dinner's ready then,
I think it must be time for me to go,
But he goes and hangs me hat up
Reight behind the owd front door,
And then to my surprise I hear him say:

CHORUS: Ee I'm allus glad to see a mon like thee.
Thet as welcome, lad, as welcome as can be.
Fotch thi cheer reight up t'table.
Stop as long as thow art able,
Fer am allus glad to see a mon like thee.

One day when I were set wi him,
There came a loud rat tat.
There came a loud rat tat on Jack's front door.
He hurried oer to oppen it and there to his surprise,
A hungry tattered beggar stood outside.
He asked Jack fer a crust of bread.
Jack looked him through and through,
And then said, "Bless thi heart, lad. Come inside,"
And he went and hung tramp's hat up
Reight behind the owd front door,
And to the tramps surpise he heard Jack say: CHORUS

That beggar did not eat a bit
But down his pale face streaming,
The tears were flowing like a shower of rain.
He cried, "Lad, dust not know mi?
Dust not know thi long lost brother,
These fifty years again, lad, back again?
I've only put these clothes on just, mi lad, to try thi,
Fer I'm not poor but rich as honeydew;
And thet welcome to it all, lad,
Thi wife and childther too,
And that's because mi lad I've found thi true." CHORUS

When Jack he had lived long enough,
There came his time to dee;
So he booked upon the tram for his last ride.
He paid reight up t'terminus
And then got off at sheds.
He knocked upon the door and went inside.
Well, he stood with his cap in both his hands
And said, "I've come at last.
Saint Peter said, "Ey, lad, I see it's thee."
An' he went and hung Jack's cap up
Reight behind the pearly gates,
And then to Jack's surprise Saint Peter said: CHORUS