‘Honey, Jenny, tak care o’ thisen.’
Bud when Ah grew bigger an’ gat ti be strang,
‘At Ah cannily toddled aboot
Byv mysen wheer Ah leyked, then Ah awlus mud gan
Wivoot being tell’d aboot owt.
When hooivver Ah cam ti be sixteen year au’d,
An’ rattl’d an’ ramp’d amang t’ men,
Mah mother wad call o’ ma in, an’ wad scaud,
An’ cry—‘Huzzy! tak care o’ thisen.’
Ah’ve a sweetheart cums noo upo’ Seterdaay neets,