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

My laddie sits owre late up,

My laddie sits owre late up,

My laddie sits owre late up,

With the pint pot and the cup.

How Johnny cum hame to yur bairn,

How Johnny cum hame to yur bairn,

How Johnny cum hame to yur bairn,

Wiv a rye loaf under yur airm.

He addles three ha’pence a week,

That’s nobbit a fardin a day;