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An Ode Ter Sheep An' Mountain Things

Whee am i, eh? A'm Cumbrian thats whee, like eh. Red, Green, Yellow Once a year ower the Cumberland show, Livestock, ter an' fro, ter an' fro. Yan, Tan, Tether Gypsies, jockeys, towns’ folk alike, Appleby 'orse-fair awwer the dyke. Red, Green, Yellow Scotland has i's 'aggis, Lancashire i's ho' pot, We 'ave uz sausage an' tha' does uz lo'. Yan, Tan, Tether Ice-cream a' Allonby shiftin' ter Silloth on sea, Righ' round Wes' Cumbria an' back yam fur scordy, like eh. Red, Green, Yellow Up a' five an' ou' a' dawn, The 'aaf-ne' fishers, early morn, like eh. Yan, Tan, Tether Keswick, Caldbeck an' Seascale too, All the visitors passin' through. Red, Green, Yellow There’s Por' Carlisle on the warl, People comin' yan an' all. Yan, Tan, Tether Whee am i, eh? A'm Cumbrian thats whee, like eh.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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