Bud ‘Planks,’ the young joiner, ’ll mak ya a doour.
‘Dicky Flesk’ is a grosser, an’ ‘One Boy’ maks shoes,
An’ ‘Snegram’ ‘s a naame ’at Ah wadn’t choose;
‘Sophy John’ keeps a lodging-hoos noo at t’ Toon foot,
An’ tweea uther chaps are called ‘Puin’ an’ ‘Put.’
My frien’s ’at are left Ah’ll clap iv a lump,
Fur wa’ve ‘Gaggon’ an’ ‘Crackon’ an’ ‘Bridney’ an’ ‘Stump.’
The above would be written about twenty-five years ago. The verses were given to me by my old schoolfellow, T. Fairbank King, Esq., West Witton. The two following verses are the sole remains of a much older rhyme, probably about 1800, and may have suggested the idea to the author of the above, whose name is unknown.
Ther’s ‘Jack’s lass wi’ cauves’ an’ ‘Sally wi’ Shanks’;
Ther’s ‘Miss Nancy Prim,’ an’ young ‘Tommy Pranks,’