Black Country Verse and Rhyme

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Short and Sweet

WILLIAM PERRY
An' if yown gorra tear t' shed
Then lerrit be a splasher.
Un lerrit fall fer im now jed
The gallant Tip'n Slasher.

THE TRAM RIDE
The boy stood on the tramway line,
The driver rang the bell,
The tram went down to Brierley Hill,
The lad went down to Hell.

HEAVEN CALLING
Ar dremt as ard died un tew 'eaven did goo,
Weerdun yo cum frum they wannted t' know
Sez me arm frum Tip'n, Sent Payter day arf stair,
Ee sez step ritein yowm the fustun up frum theer.

PREACHING IN ROWLEY REGIS
John Wesley ad a bony 'oss,
The leanest e're yowd sin,
They took im dahn t' Haysich brook,
An shuved im yedfust in.

THE DEVILS BLAZE.
When Satan stood on Brierley Hill
And far around him gazed
He said "I never more shall feel
At Hells fierce flames amazed"

He staggered off to Dudley Woodside
And ther helaid him down and died.

WEDNESBURY TOWN
In Wednesbury town, A town whose name,
Is coupled with it's cocking fame,
Was yearly held by custom's right,
A wake where colliers met to fight,
Where bulls were baited, torn, abused,
And dogs were killed which much amused
Those sturdy knights of coal and hammer
Who scoff at peace and joy at clammour.
Amy Lyons 1901

By Verse and chorus

Av yoe erd uv a plearse called Tip'n,
Wots nowtid fe dairt 'n fe smoke,
Well ar went theer wi Aynuk,
Me mate, a Black Country bloke.
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Now Aynuk showed me raend Tip'n,
Un tode me ow it yewst t' be,
Thariz when ee wuz a nipper,
An ee played in the Black Country.
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Ee showed me the gazwerks n Palethorps,
Wrights forge a plearse ee nowed well,
Un then theer's 'Ossleys n Pigguts,
Aitch wun its own tail con tell.
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Now 'Ossleys they med bridges,
Palethorps sausage n pies,
Wrights forge they did chayn forjin,
Un orl on um nowd werld wide
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Ee tuck me t' Wairtry layne crossin,
Weer the cut guzzunda the rowd,
An weer ee con rememba swimmin,
An wi'out feelin the cowd.
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Mindya, fewd wus gud in them days,
Orl used nowt chucked out in the bin,
Orl scraps med Growty puddin,
T' chuck it away wuz a sin.

By BLOSSOM.

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