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

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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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BROOM BUSOMS.

Besoms, so pronounced.

If ye want a busom,