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BIRTHDAY click if you need a translation
Ah'd forgetten it wor thi birthday
Ee-e-e, Ah am so sorry lass
but, 'ere's mi purse,
go on down't town,
But do-ant spend ALL mi brass
Ev a gud lewk in all't winda's
an dree-am at tha's uppa class
imagin evin all them cloas
E-e-e, wot a wayast a brass
Nah, do-ant bi temptid wi fripparies
at foh cloas tha try to pass
Tha'll nivva last thee foh fifteen years,
E-e-e, dew bi careful wi all that brass
Nah, if tha lewks in't hardware shop
tak no gorm at trash,
Wah, tha's pots, n pan, n nails, n sich
att's wuth a bit-a-brass
(Appen it wor'nt sich a good idea
to gie 'er all that brass)
'Ere, gie me mi purse, 'eres orf-a-crown
Go-on, an spend it lass
An' now sha's goan, ald mak a noat
next year - ahi apend mi brass,
Ah'l get 'er summat for - one-and-nine,
Ah moant spol you gud lass.
by E Bottomley
Past resident of Silsden, West Yorkshire
This poem may not be reproduced without permission
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