I was born and lived thirty years in Manchester. I spent a lot of time in Harry Boardman's folk club. Harry was a great singer and dialect speaker. Bowton's Yard being one of the songs he sang.

His recordings have recently been released on CD:
Topic Records TSCD 485
The CD is a compilation from two albums Deep Lancashire & Owdham Edge.
(thanks to Mark Dowding who emailed me with this info recently. I've not had chance to get the CD yet.)

You could also try this site for Lancastrian Ex-pats.

AndyG