Subject: Bella Ramsey's Lad
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Date: 26 Mar 02 - 07:59 PM
Bella Ramsey's Lad Tune: Brighton Oh Meggie, hinny, cum this way, an' gie yor ears to me!
Wes Bella Ramsey's hurried words, wi' fyece se full o' glee;
Aw've got a lad, a bonny lad, --a lad aw've wanted lang,
An' aw'll tell ye all aboot hikm, if ye lissen te me sang Chorus
Tune- The Shuggor Shop Oh Meg, he's the only lad aw've ivor had!
Oh, my, aw wish the neet was here!
Oh, dear, aw's over hed an' eers i' luv,
Aw waddent loss a lad like him for twenty pund a eer! He's just the lad aw've oftin dreamt aw'd like se weel te see,
It myeks us feel se funny-like te think he fancies me;
He danced wi' me at Nancy White's, then teuk us te the play,
An' set us hyem se late at neet- tho, aw knaw twes oot his way. He says he's cumin back the neet- aw wunddor if he will,
He said his nyem wes Stivison- he leeves up Artuhur's Hill;
But he kept us tawkin there se lang aw slipt inte the hoose,
For if wor foaks had wakint up, aw had ne gud excuse. Aw wish the neet wes only here, te see the dark blue eyes
That's myed us feel se queer the day, an' have se mony sighs;
Aw wish aw saw his fustin claes throo them bright panes o' glass,
Or heard him whussel, as if te say, cum oot, may canny lass! Aw'll clean the hoose, then clean ne-sel an' if work foaks gans oot,
Aw'll luck me best, an' let him in,--he'll stopan oor, nedoot;
Aw wundor what we'll tawk aboot,--each minit seems a score,
Wad aw been se impayshunt if aw'd had a lad before? -Source: Joe Wilson, Tyneside Songs and Drolleries
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