Subject: Sandgate Wife's Nurse Song
From:
*Conrad Bladey Peasant-Inactive
Date: 30 Jul 00 - 01:45 PM
Sandgate Wife's Nurse Song Tune- A sailor's Wife has nought to dee. A, U, A, my bonny bairn, A, U, A, upon my airm, A,U,A,--thou suin may learn To say dadda se canny; Aw wish thy daddy may be weel, He's lang i' coming frae the keel; Tho' his black fyesce be like the de'il, Aw like a kiss frae Johnny. Chorus- A,U,A&c. Thou really hast thy daddy's chin, Thou art like him leg and wing, And aw wi' pleasure can thee sing, Since thou belangs my Johny. Johnny is a clever lad-- Last neet he fuddled aw he had, This morn he wasn't very bad-- He luik'd as blithe as ony. Tho' thou's the first, thou's not the last; Aw mean to hae my bairns fast-- And when this happy time is past, Aw still will love my Johny; For his hair is brown, and see is thine, Your eyes are grey, and sae are mine, Thy nose is taper'd off se fine-- Thou's like thy daddy Johnny. Thy canny doup is flat and round, And, like thy dad, thou's plump and sound, Thou's worth to me a thousand pound, Thou's a' together bonny. When daddy's drunk, he'll tyek a knife, And threaten sair to tyek my life: Whe wad not be a keelman's wife, To have a man like Johnny. But yonder's daddy coming now, He luiks the best amang the crew; They're a' gaun to the Barley-mow, My canny, godlike Johnny. Come, let's go get the bacon fried, And let us make a clean fire-side, Then on his knee he will thee ride, When he comes hyem to mammy. -Nunn -In: The Newcastle Song Book or Tyne-Side Songster., W&T Fordyce Newcastle Upon Tyne.
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