Love it, Embow!

Áine, if we do put the other two verses in dialect, let's do them side by side of all verses, so there's two versions, okay? T'anks!

Met: here's Billy's song. I am afraid my little effort doesn't come close in calibre. Others of his lyrics can be found here

THE WELLY BOOT SONG
(Billy Connolly) (from the LP "The Pick of Billy Connolly")

CHORUS: If it wasn't for your wellies where would you be?
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary,
'Cause you would have a dose of the flu or even pleurisy,
If you didn't have your feet in your wellies.

Oh, wellies they are wonderful! Oh, wellies they are swell,
'Cause they keep out the water and they keep in the smell,
And when you're sitting in a room, you can always tell
When some bugger takes off his wellies. CHORUS

Oh, and when you're out walking in the country with a bird,
And you're strolling over fields just like a farmer's herd,
And somebody shouts, "Keep off the grass," and you think, "How absurd!"
And SQUELCH you find why farmers all wear wellies. CHORUS

There's fishermen and firemen, there's farmers and all,
Men out digging ditches and working in the snow.
This country it would grind to a halt and not a thing would grow
If it wasn't for the workers in their wellies. CHORUS

Oh Edward, Heath and Wilson they haven't made a hit.
They're ruining this country more than just a bit.
If they keep on the way, they're going we'll all be in the (shhhhh)
So you'd better get your feet in your wellies. CHORUS

(c)Mews Music Ltd

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Note from Joe Offer: the lyrics above are very close to this Billy Connoly live recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFIBVNhjs7E