Ammon Wrigley - "Owdham Footbo"
The following text was originally transcribed for the "Lancashire Dialect" section of the Dunkerley-Tuson and Goldenthread Website:
The following is a transcription of a work by Saddleworth poet Ammon Wrigley (1861-1946).
Owdham Footbo
- It’s run an’ jump an’ hop an’ skip,
- An’ sheawt hooray, an’ hip, hip, hip,
- It’s singin’ songs an’ eytin tripe,
- An’ suppin’ pints at single swipe,
- An’ brass for th’ wife to buy a hat,
- An’ th’ childer brass for this an’ that,
- An’ beauncin’ gaily op an’ deawn,
- Yo’ connut find a merrier teawn,
- When Owdham’s won.
- Aw lost mi brass, Awm crabbed an’ croot,
- Aw lifted th’ cat eaut wi’ mi boot,
- Awr ne’er as mad i’ o mi life,
- Cleautin’ th’ kids an’ cursin’ th’ wife,
- Awm sure mi brains han left mi yed,
- Ther’s nowt to do but goh to bed,
- At six o’clock o’ th’ Setturday neet,
- They’re o i’ bed i’ eaur street,
- When Owdham’s lost.