Rhymes of Northern Bards / Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham

by Unknown

UP THE RAW.

Up the raw, ma bonny hinny,

Up the raw, lass, every day;

For shape and colour, ma bonny hinny,

Thou bangs thy mother, ma canny bairn.

Up the raw, ma bonny hinny,

Thou BANGS THEM A’, lass every day;

Thou’s a’ clagcanded, ma bonny hinny,

Thou’s double japanded, ma canny bairn.

For hide and hue, ma bonny hinny,

Thou bangs the crew, my canny bairn;

Up the raw, ma bonny hinny,

Thou bangs them a’, lass, ma canny bairn.

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