Lyr Add: The Curds-And-Cream House Ghost

Subject: Lyr Add: The Curds-And-Cream House Ghost
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 01:56 PM

The Curds-And-Cream House Ghost.
Tune "Walker, the Twopenny Postman."

O, the neet was pick dark, and a strang wind did roar,
When abuen the Cat's Tail wor aud keel ran ashore;
And in tryin' te clear her we brak' wor sweep oar,
So she stuck there as tight as a post, man.
Te get her afloat a' wor strength waddent de;
Says Dick, "Let's a' hands back te toon on the spree,
And fast in the huddock we'll leave the Pee Dee,
Te be fretten'd te deeth wi' the ghost, man."

The'd scarce jumped ashore when Pee Dee, the sly rat,
Gat oot, and ran doon to a stile, where he sat
Till the bullies cam up, then he squalled like a cat;
"O, marrows!" roared Dick, "that's the ghost, man!"
Such yells in the dark myed the brave bullies stop;
And doon, deed as mutton, the skipper did drop;
Cries Dick, "We're poor men nobbet gawn on the hop!
Hev marcy on us, maister ghost, man!"

"Te the regions belaw," cried the ghost, "cum away!"
Then the skipper jumped up, shooting, "Pray hinnies, pray!"
"Ye ken Gospel," ki Dick, "so kens best what te say,
Speak ye te this monstrous ghost, man!"
Wi' thor hair reet on end, and thor blud like te freeze,
Myest deaved wi' greet yells, they dropped doon on thor knees,
And blubbered and cried, "We'll de owt that ye please,
Nobbit leave us alyen, hinny ghost, man!"

When off the ghost flew wiv a terrible scream:
They ran into a hoose where they sell curds and cream;
My sarties, astonished the wifie did seem,
When they swore hoo they'd mawled a greet ghost, man;
But had they but knawn it was nobbit Pee Dee,
They wad hammered his ribs, just te letten him see
That te put them in fear he'd hev much mair te de
Than te yelp in the dark like a ghost, man

The scene of the song-a small valley a little above the Shot Tower.

-Emery, 1862