I was searching for Scowie stuff today when I spotted this thread. Sorry the response is a bit late but "better late than never"

I’m The Tightest Tyke In Heckmondwike

I’m the tightest tyke in Heckmondwike
I've a fearsome reputation,
And the tightest Tyke in Heckmondwike,
Is the tightest in the nation.

Wow my Budgie Joey, was expensive to feed,
So I changed him to sawdust to save on his seed,,
'But he couldn’t eat it, hard though he tried,
And several weeks later the. poor budgie died,

I'm the tightest Tyke in Heckmondwike!

I only fry bacon one rasher at a time,
'Being close-fisted in Yorkshire isn't seen as a crime,
I'll admit to being stingy, and tight "with me brass,
And before turning the bacon, I turn out the gas,

I'm the tightest Tyke in Heckmondwike!

I've newspapers for carpets, it's cheap and it's clean,
Then they do for afire, how's that for being mean?
When they say "parsimonious!" I answer "who me?"
"I'm a lot sharper set! I'd skin an owd flea!"

I'm the tightest Tyke in Heckmondwike!

I've a candle to read me library books by,
They can't sell me 'lectric though they come and try,
I say I'm just thrifty and don't like to swank,
About me small fortune in't Yorks Penny Bank,

I'm the tightest Tyke in Heckmondwike!

I've nowt in't Post Office, they make you pay TAX,
In the. street some may jeer, but I'll stand all their cracks,
I've a stack of white fiver's hid under the Bed,
Each one has a name, my favourites Old Fred,

I'm the tightest Tyke in Heckmondwike!

I'm as happy as Larry, so let 'em poke fun,
And as for dying it will take a big gun!
I'm not leaving me brass to some. other, not I,
I'm a real owd Tyke, and I'm too tight to die!

I'm the tightest Tyke in Heckmondwike!.

I’ll not wind up slaving down there with Old Nick!
That's for them that's bin spending their money too quick!
More likely they’ll make me St. Peter's Scribe,
And if I catch any SPENDERS, I'll flay 'em ALIVE/

I'm the tightest Tyke in Heckmondwike!
I've a fearsome reputation,
And the tightest Tyke in Heckmondwike,
Is the tightest in the nation!.

Although I perform it very slightly different (with Scowie's permission) I think these are the original words.