Worrapund T' Lanky?
(by Old Blowick)

WORRAPPUND T' LANKY AS WEER SPAWK UN T'STREET? 

Ah doan't cum in 'ere lihke Ah ewsta,
Burrah do luke in noeaw 'n' then,
'N' read awl t'complehnts baht Corrie,
Frum t'lasses 'n' wun aw two men.

Well, Ah've gorra bee in me bonnit
('N' 'appun Ah've sed it befaw) --
'Ow cum theer's naw Lancasheer spawken
As it weer theer in them dehs uv yaw?

Cansta pikcha them three in t'snug theer,
'N' rememba 'ow each un 'em spawk?
T'weer 'onest t' gudness owd Lanky!
T'weer t'sehme wi' t'rest uv t'fawk!

Cansta no' still 'ere owd Jack Walker
('Oo's gun t' 'is rest oop abbuv)
Wi' a sigh 'n' th'eyes lukin' oopwards,
Sayin' (in Lanky) ""Ee, Annie, luv""?

Ba 'eck, even t'yung uns in them dehs
Spawk lihke Nawthunas, aye, bawn 'n' bred,
Nun o' yon weer ashehmed o' t'owd tung --
Tha cud 'ear it in each werd theh sed!

Aw aye, theer's excepshuns, Ah knaw that --
Len Fairclough spawk Scouser, the rawg!
Th'Opkins in t'shop weer awl Taffies,
'N' Concepta 'ad t'strong Irish brawg,

Ken Barlow thowt 'e weer abuv it
(Thaw bawn theer -- a Lancasheer lad!)
'E triehd t' tawk posh, norratawl lihke
Thur David, aw 'is Mam 'n' Dad.

But t'deh theer''s sum reet funny accents,
Sum 'ard t' plehce, Ah moos seh --
(Lihke Audreh's, noeaw theer's a reet puzzul --
Cum cum, lass, t'ehn't Lanky, nay! nay!)

Then theer's Mike 'oo still tawks reet Cockney
'N' Alma wi' t'posh awvatawns,
'N' Jim, saw 'e is, a reet Paddy,
'N' Sally -- ba 'eck yon lass mawns!

Theer's bin a reet Geordie invehsion
Uv t'Street in t'past littul whihle,
Wen 'arf uv Nawthumbalund moved theer--
Well, tha knaws, it duz mehke wun smihle!

Lancasheer lihfe then moos be reet gradely
Fer awl o' them fawk t' moov in!
Burrah do miss them grehte Lanky accents --
Ena Sharples''d seh t'weer a sin!

'N noeauw Ah 'ear Garry's leavin'--
E's s strehtforrud Lancasheer lad
(It's foony 'is fambly's awl Geordie!)
'Is deparchur'll mehke us awl sad.

Saw thank gudness fer Fred -- 'e''s still wi' us --
Ah seh, thank gudness fer Fred 'cos 'e tawks
An accent that passes fer Lanky,
It's berra than nowt! -- Ta ra, fawks!

OWD BLOWICK MAWNIN' AGGEN!
Tuesday, May 30, 2000 at 15:02:35 (EDT)