That’s killing time, as now we say

Thinkings and poems 1 Minute

Am allocking agen today
That’s killin’ time, as now we say
Ah,shud be agate but oh ah can’t
Work  ‘as gotten ‘ard teh find

Ma mammy’s ill and she’ll soon die
I must wear a suit and tie
Allocking meks me feel ill
Did mother make a legal will?

Am all allooan  up on’t Pike
Rivington is weear folk hike
Am all allooan and ah feel low
Allocking   is touch ‘n go

Where’s mi daddy an’ ‘is pipe
Where’s dad’s jacket,full eh smoke?
I want him back ,mi mam’s alloooan
You  ‘ed wonder at ‘er groans

Where’s mi cat and where’s mi dog
Where’s ower’ handmade fireside rug?
Made ‘eh rags  and hooked through cloth
Eeh,  won’t God be filled with wrath?

God is never all allooan
Never allocks,  he’s a stone
Amno bettin’ ‘eaven exists
That’s why all wa men get pissed

But ah’ve seen Hell ,oh Ama sure?
Nothin’ yooman shall endure.

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Published by Katherine

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8 thoughts on “That’s killing time, as now we say”

    1. Hello there.Thanks so much.I am just trying to make a recording of me singing it in the way I spoke as a child and how mi family spoke.I feel sad that at school we were made to change our accent and words which we learned at home.Now people think I am a foreigner in London.I am in way.I notice when I sing that the words sound somewhat like Scottish.I am so touched by your response.I thought maybe it was too much to expect people to read it when the words are different,

      1. To be honest, I loved it and it was a new, fun experience to read this. I feel sad too that you were made to change your accent in school. I love scottish and gaelic dialects, i think they are like honey flowing through the lips. I always have tried to do a scottish accent and i have a friend and we try to talk with the accent. Yesterday i showed him this and decided we would try to sing it too. Bless you ❤

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