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materials. The song was written in the middle of the 19th century. A note in the 1872 edition read, “Had this admirer of the 'good old times' lived at the present time (1872), when pitmen's wages are advancing 10 and 15 per cent, at a bound, he even must have doubted whether the past was better than
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English folk duo composed of husband and wife Stu and Debbie Hanna, the name coming from the name of Debbie’s deceased dog)
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Yourself A Wife” (Released on 29 September 2008 by EDJ records) – unfortunately it is not in dialect
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336:Sum folks geets reet, and sum gets wrang,
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270:Wor wives cud buy new shawls an' goons,
217:Air - In the days when we went gipsying
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340:But this aw'd sweer, ne time like mine
324:Pit laddies work'd for spendin's syek,
274:The spyed-yace ginnies went like smoke
228:Wor pay-neet cam' wiv drink an' dance,
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328:Noo, ivery bairn can read and write-
315:Thor wes sic times for collier lads-
299:Aw bowt new gloves an' ribbin's man,
253:Wor feather beds, and powls se fine,
232:An' lumps o' beef, an' dads o' duff,
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261:Spice hinnies on the gurdle fizz'd;
224:For wages was like sma' coals then,
220:When aw wes yung, maw collier lads,
320:We didn't heed much lairnin' then,
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236:An' then we spent sic merry neets,
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282:They got thereckly what was ax'd,
278:The drapers used ne tickets then,
295:When aw gat wed-gox, what a row!
286:The butcher meat was always best
257:A man work' d harder I' the day,
240:But the times o' wor prosperity.
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265:But the times o' wor prosperity
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249:Wor drawers wes fair mahoginy,
245:Wor hooses then wes ower sma',
230:Wor sweethearts luckt se fine;
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326:An' nyen wes thowt a fyul.
309:Maw kelter went like shot.
288:When Kenton paid thor men;
280:The country gowks te coax:
276:Te myek wor' darlins nice.
263:Maw tee had rum in't then;
238:For grum'lin' we had nyen;
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322:We had ne time for skyul;
317:They'll niver come agyen.
301:For aw the folks aw kent.
272:An' niver heed the price;
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247:For ivery nuik was chock;
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242:Will niver cum agyen.
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