Johnny Luik-Up
Air- Sally come up"

Thor was a bit laddy lost the tuther day,
And doon the kee he stray'd away,
The muther was cryin' hard they say,
So she fund oot Johnny the bellman;
Says she Gan roond the toon,
Aw'll gie ye half -a-croon,
For if he's not fund it'll be maw ruin,
Wor jimmy he'll surely kill mi.

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Johnny luik up! Johnny luik doon,
Johnny gans wandrin roond the toon,
He'll find yor kid for half-a-croon,
Will Johnny lUik-up, the bellman

Johnny's a chep that'll not tyek a job,
Unless he's sure that he'll get a bob.
An' when he shoots he twists his gob,
Thor's nyen can shoot like Johnny.
Noo the lads they de him scoff,
He has such a nesty cough,
Aw doot sum fine day he'll pop off,
Then we'll loss poor Johnny.

Before he started te ring the bell,
He used te gan wi' young lambs ti sell,
He was a candy man as aw hear tell,
Noo a perfect cure is Johnny;
An' he used to sell claes pins,
an' sumtimes bairns' rings,
An' a lottery bag he used ti hev',
Mair blanks than owt had Johnny.

In these days he was a regular brick,
When he said the munkeys up the stick,
An' candy for the bairns ti lick,
An tin trumpet then had Johnny;
Ye shud only seen him blaw,
He fairly bangs them a',
It's like a cochin-china's craw;
An sic a beak hes Johnny.

Sum thowt Johnny was rang in his mind,
When he used te gan wi' scissors te grind,
For hard wark he was niver inclined,
For it niver agreed wi' Johnny.
Aw've seen him on a winter's day
When he's been shullin snaw away
Frae shopkeepers' doors, he'd lick a score;
The soup-kitchen prop is Johnny.

Noo aw propose when Johnny dies,
That they tyek oot one of his eyes,
An' put it inti cock-eyed Tome that sells the pies,
Then we'll niver loss seet o' Johnny.
So lads gie your lasses a treat,
Ti this place sum uther neet,
Aw'll gie ye the Bobby on his beat,
An' the life of Johnny the bellman.

-Geordie Ridley