Valentine's Pawm 2002
(by Old Blowick)

Anon t' moast uv thi, bururly fer wunce! from Lancasheer (lung tihme since, mind!)
wrote on February 12, 2002, 21:01: 

Ah knaw as 'ow theer's awnly a few
Oo'l recawl me effurts ere yon,
Uv wrihtin' daft pawms fer t'lasses Ah knew
Lihke Dehle 'n' Elehne 'n' Yvonne.

Ah wundas warrapund t' awl o' them gurls
(Ah doan't see thur nehmes 'ere naw moor);
Theer's awnly Eawr Teevoor ('er's bin 'ere sum tihme!)
'N' Eawr Jill 'n' Christine fer shoor.

'N' 'appun a cuppla t'uthas 'n' awl
Ah rurly cum 'ere missen, dosta knaw,
Saw Ah meh 'ave missed thi -- reet sorry baht that
Does ennwun 'memba Young Flaw, 

Aw Jewelly 'n' Steffy aw Elle aw Glo
(Frum Lunenburg, saw Ah recawl)
Aw Surley 'n' Stormee, aye, Gnomelady too --
Warevva becum uv 'em awl?

Theer wur fellas 'n' awl 'oo ewsta drop by --
A reglar wur 'Ollan's Landin's oeauwn Keith
('Til wun deh theer wur trubbul at t'mill!)
T'subjeck as cum up quihte offen wur food
(Eawr Elehne's lamingtons soon spring t' mihnd!)
Concubine sarnies 'n' Marmite 'n' awl,
'N' Ozzie stoof uv mutch t'sehme kind! [1]

This 'ere daft ramblin' woan't mean nowt t' moast
As innabit t'Guessbuke t'deh --
Burrah'll wreet these few lihnes fer them 'oo recawl
T'owd dehs -- thass awl Ah con seh!

Ah see 'ow t'morra be Valuntihne's Deh
'N' Ah allus rememba wun lass
'Oo wur regl'ar poasta un 'ere in t'owd dehs
'N' Ah mussen' let t'speshul deh pass
Wi'oeaut thinkin' uv t'lass wi' t'luvly red 'ur
'Oo wur allus me valuntihne queen --
Saw wur evva tha's 'idin' Ah 'awps tha gets this:
'Appy Valuntihne's, Dear Jacqueline!

[1] There's a line missing from this verse, which Frank supplied in a subsequent post and I later edited in on the original Guestbook version.  Sadly it's still missing from the version in Diane's archive, upon which this copy is based.