Lyr Add: Howdon For Jarrow

Subject: Lyr Add: Howdon For Jarrow
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 23 Jun 04 - 07:43 AM

Howdon for Jarrow

Tune-"Chapter of Donkeys."

O. ye taak aboot travels an' voyages far,
But thor's few beats the trip fre' the toon te the bar,
As ye gan doon te Tinmuth ye'll hear the chep shoot,-
"Here's Howdon for Jarrow, maa hinnies loup oot!

Chorus

Howdon for Jarrow, Howdon for Jarrow,
Howdon for Jarrow, maa hinnies loup oot!"

When yen hes been doon bi' the side o' the Tyne,
An' seen all the smoke an' the chimlies se fine,
Ther's mony a voice that is welcome nee doot,
But the bonniest soond that Aa knaa is "Loup oot!

Howdon for Jarrow, Howdon for Jarrow,
Howdon for Jarrow, maa hinnies loup oot!"

Sin' Aa knew the banks o' wor aan bonny river,
There's been changes gawn on, an' there's noo mair noriver;
But the finest ov aa', barrin' change o' the wind,
Is when the soft voice caalls, an' then ye all find,

"Ye mun change here for Jarrow, Howdon for Jarrow,
Howdon for Jarrow, maa hinnies loup oot!"

There's chemicals, copper, coals, clarts, coke, an' stone,
Iron ships, wooden tugs, salt, an' sawdust an' bone,
Manure, an' steam ingins, bar iron, an' vitr'ol,
Gunstans an' puddlers (Aa like to be litt'ral).

At Howdon for Jarrow. Howdon for Jarrow,
Howdon for Jarrow, maa hinnies loup oot!

Besides, on wor river we hev the big dredgers
That howks oot the muck, man, Aa's sure we're ne fledgers,
An' then the greet hopper works like a wheelbarrow-
Ye'll see'd if ye come doon te Howdon for Jarrow.

Howdon for Jarrow, Howdon for Jarrow,
Howdon for Jarrow, maa hinnies loup oot!

Aa yence wis at London, and h'ard a chep shoot,
"Yor tickets!" Aa "Howdon for Jarrow! caaled oot;
He leuked se teun back that, ses Aa te me marrow,
"Here's a chep, mun, that dissent Knaa Howdon for Jarrow!"

Howdon for Jarrow, Howdon for Jarrow,
Howdon for Jarrow, maa hinnies loup oot!)

Thor's Jack Scott, the puddler (just hear what a caaker).
Uphads that there surely is nee place like Waaker;
But Aa've elways thowt, for't's the place Aa hev grow'd in,
Yen may range thro' the world, but thor's nee place like Howdon!

Howdon for Jarrow, Howdon for Jarrow,
Howdon for Jarrow, maa hinnies loup oot!

-Richard Oliver Heslop, 1879