Lyr Add: The Comet or the Skipper's Fright

Subject: Lyr Add: The Comet or the Skipper's Fright
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 19 Jun 04 - 01:52 PM

The Comet: or, The Skipper's Fright.

Written on the appearance of the Great Comet, 1858

Marrows, aw's pinin fast away, aw's freetin ivery day,
Aboot this awful danger noo impendin, O!
Aw's shakin a' the bits, wor aud wife she's tyekin fits,
Cawse the nibors say the world's upon an endin, O!

Says wor preacher t'other day, noo a' ye weak swls pray;
An' te drop a' worldly care he did beseech us, O!
Says he, this mighty orth, wif all int's but little worth,
If a fiery thing like a comet chanced to reach us, O!

Aboot Stronomists he bawled, then ower the reckinin bawled,
Te tell hoo lang a time we had te bide here, O!
Says he, sometime I' June, wiv a tail, it will drop doon;
Then a' the world I' mystery suin mun glide here, O!

Thinks aw, begum that's queer, wor preacher he's nee leer,
He's always on the reet side when he's speakin, O!
So aw'll sell off byeth maw keels, and tyek a ship at Sheels;
For a spot upon the new world aw'll gan seekin, O!

But first aw'll chawk a score ahint the Brown Jug door,
For it's little use o' passin when life's uncertain, O!
Like Robson, Bates, and Pawl, lads! the kelter in aw'll hawl,
Then for flight like a' the swindlers aw'll be startin, O!

Noo, when aw cum te think, aw'd better spend maw chink,
Amang me Tyneside cronies, true and hearty, O!
For if we a' mun dee, thou knaws as weel as me,
The rich amang the poor mun join the party, O!

Then flow on wor Coaly Tide, spreadin wealth on ivery side,
Flow on, bright stream, wi' joy te croon maw giver, o!
That he may smile on thee for all eternity,
The light ow peace and harmony for iver, O!

-Corvan, 1862.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Comet or the Skipper's Fright
From: Charley Noble
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 12:49 PM

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