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Thread #146737   Message #3997242
Posted By: GUEST,SFP
21-Jun-19 - 10:23 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Boser Girls (Ashley Hutchings)
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Boser Girls (Ashley Hutchings)
These are the lyrics that my partner and I used to sing nearly 20 years ago:

BOSER GIRLS
(Ashley Hutchings)

Come all of you Boser girls and listen to my noise,
Don't you go with the colliery boys;
If you do, your lot will be
Years of neglect and misery,
Years of neglect and misery.

Oh, when you go a-courtin', take along your chair,
Can't stand up at a fight or a fair
Can't stand up at a bar or a match
You used to go dancin', now you sit and watch.
You used to go dancin', now you sit and watch.

Oh, when you start out, it's the love bite's the show,
After a while, it's the bend in your nose;
Patches appear as time goes by,
One for your blouse, and another for your eye.
One for your blouse, and another for your eye.

When you go to Safeways, I'll tell you what to wear,
Old leather coat, just about to tear;
A pair of boots with the heels worn down,
A pair of tights that you wear the month 'round. (?)
A pair of tights that your wear the month 'round.

And when he comes home from the Markham pit,
Ratty and tired, better button your lip;
Meat on the table and a fire in the grate,
Slumped on the sofa with a video date,
Slumped on the sofa with a video date.

Come all of you Boser girls and listen to my noise,
Don't you go with the colliery boys;
If you do, your lot will be
Years of neglect and misery,
Years of neglect and misery.