I learned this song from John Roberts and Tony Barrand. Later on, I heard Michael Cooney sing it a little differently, so this is a mixture of both versions. This is a favourite song with people at the famous Griswold Inn, Essex, Connecticut, where I have been singing for a number of years. I love watching those little old ladies’ eyes glitter with laughter when I sing this song.<\/p>\n
I was born of Geordie parents Well when I was only six months old, At sixteen years as fine a lad Them very same girls would call for me It\u2019s awful lonely for a lad For the girl who\u2019ll have me now,<\/em> <\/p>\n Yow = Older English variant word for a ewe. See this link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I learned this song from John Roberts and Tony Barrand. Later on, I heard Michael Cooney sing it a little differently, so this is a mixture of both versions. This is a favourite song with people at the famous Griswold … Continue reading
\nOne day when I was young
\nThat’s how the Geordie dialect
\nBecame me native tongue.
\nWell, I was me father\u2019s image,
\nMy mother she did vow.
\nThe girls all ran to kiss me;
\nOh, I wish they’d do it now!
\n|: Oh, I wish they’d do it now! :|<\/em>
\n I’ve got itches in me britches<\/em>
\n And I wish they’d do it now!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe girls would handle me.
\nThey’d clutch me to their bosoms
\nAnd they’d bounce me on their knees
\nThey would rock me in the cradle
\nAnd if I make a row,
\nThey’d tickle me, they’d cuddle me;
\nOoo, I wish they’d do it now! Oh, I wish\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAs ever could be seen.
\nThe girls all liked to follow me
\nRight down to the green.
\nThey would make a chain of buttercups,
\nAnd drop it \u2018round my brow,
\nThen they’d roll me in the clover,
\nOh, I wish they’d do it now! Oh, I wish\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTo swim when it was mild,
\nAnd down to the river we would go
\nAnd splash about a while.
\nThey would throw the water over me,
\nDuck me like a yow*,
\nThen they’d rub me nice all over,
\nOoooh, I wish they’d do it now! Oh, I wish\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTo live a single life.
\nI think I’ll go down to the dance tonight
\nAnd try and find a wife.
\nOh I have got six bundle pigs,
\nLikewise one big, fat sow.
\nThere’ll be plenty love and bacon
\nFor the girl who’ll have me now!<\/p>\n
\n For the girl who\u2019ll have me now.<\/em>
\n There\u2019ll be plenty love and bacon<\/em>
\n For the girl who\u2019ll have me now.<\/em><\/p>\n