Colloquialism Fun

Up here in Canada we have our own words Everywhere does, some think ours are absurd Between toques, hosers and rhyming currency Like loonies and toonies, we do speak uniquely But narrow it down to one province specific Our Saskatchewan tongue is fairly prolific We drive on the blacktop to get to the grid To get to the cabin you went to as a kid Past the RM’s to grab a two four o’ Pil Put on my bunnyhug to ward off a chill Wearing thongs in the summer to the river and back But the ones on our feet, not the ones up our crack Kitty-corner from the LB is the Rider store For watermelon helmets, jerseys and more Our die-hard fans, they all bleed green Filling the stands, not a bush league team Daylight savings? Not on our clocks or phones For anyone in Saskabush or Pile’o’Bones Or Elbow, Eyebrow, Climax and Oxbow Moosejaw, Moosamin and Findlater also And if you were in P.A. for any time spent You’d know poor deadly is a compliment Swimming at Pike used to give you the itch But it’s all better now so jump in, in your gitch Even if you’re in the city you know everyone Probably from the small town that their cousin is from Someone always chuckles when they say Speedy Creek We like eating dainties, drinking Vico and Beep Land of the living skies on or license plates With good prairie storm clouds, the view’s kinda great Take a left by the elevator and a right at the barn Keep going until you’re 20 clicks past the farm See the dog with one ear up and one ear down And those are all the directions to get to that town Full of colloquialisms you may not know well If you're not from the easy to draw, hard to spell ;)