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Thread #141107   Message #3246434
Posted By: Jim Dixon
28-Oct-11 - 09:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Peas Brose (Enoch Kent)
Subject: Lyr Add: PEAS BROSE (Enoch Kent)
I've listened to the recording, and I hear several words differently. In addition, according to both Allmusic.com and Spotify, the spelling in the title is Peas, not Pease.


PEAS BROSE
As sung by Enoch Kent on "Take a Trip with Me" (Borealis Records, 2010)

Peas brose again, mother, peas brose again!
Ye feed me like a blackbird, an' ah'm yer only wean.
Other laddies in the street, some hae tatties mashed wi' meat,
Alang wi' them some chappit neeps, but wi' you it's no' the same.

Peas brose again, son, peas brose again.
Yer faither isnae workin, cannae bring the money hame.
On the Mersey an' the Clyde, whaur workin' men wi' skill ha'e pride,
Poverty's gey hard tae hide. Unemployment is a shame.

Peyed aff again, mother, peyed aff again.
My faither's aye been keen on wark. Tell me what's tae blame
When other nations ha'e the need for tugs an' tankers an' ships o' speed.
Ma faither's no' a man o' greed, but he's worthy o' his share.

Peas brose again, son, peas brose again.
The cause o' aa oor trouble is very hard tae name,
But aa this European talk, whit is the use tae scouse an' jock,
When they walk the streets in search o' work, an' jobless they come hame?

It's gonna be peas brose again.