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

Wiv’s pantaloons,

An’ gravat up owre his gobby-o;

An’ Willy, thou,

Wi’ th’ jacket blue,

Thou was the varra Bobby-o:

There was knack knee’d Mat, wiv’s purple suit,

An’ hopper-a—s’d Dick, a’ yellow-o:

Great Tom was there wi’ H—ple’s awd coat,

An’ bucksheen’d Bob fra Stella-o.

When we wour drest,