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      • ODE TO A COTTON REEL - Sally James
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      • PiICKING COAL WITH DAD - Sally James
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      • Frank Gibson's entry not published
    • 2019 Winning Entries >
      • A LUVIN’ ‘USBANT’S TREAT - Ron Williams
      • MOLLIE'S MEANDERINGS - Sally James
      • BLOOD BROTHERS - Sally James
      • THE OLD MILL STREAM - Sally James
      • Frank Gibson's entry not published
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    • 2018 Bolton Station Promotion >
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    • 2017 Nov 24 Edwin Waugh Tribute Night >
      • Edwin Waugh Tribute Night - Video of the whole performance
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        • Lift On The Way
        • Com Whoam t' thi' Childer and Me
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        • When The Sun Goes Down
    • 2017 National Dialect Festival >
      • Video - Sid Calderbank recites poem
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RON WILLIAMS  The best POEM in Lancashire Dialect
                                            The winner of the Richard Holland Cup
                               

​A LUVIN’ ‘USBANT’S TREAT

Aye ah do like mi missus a lot
So ah thowt as ah’d gi’e ‘er a treat,
Ah,d tek ‘er eawt fer a meal
Toh t’ garden centre ut’s usually awreet.
So ah towd ‘er toh poot on ‘er glad rags
Ah wer tekkin’ ‘er eawt fer ‘er lunch,
We went un queue’d op in’t’ café
Fer summut thi’ reckont wer brunch.

We sat theer un enjoyed a fair meal,
Swilled deawn wi’ a pot o’ freysh tay,
Hoo wer thrilled when ah towd ‘er mi plan
Ut hoo’d ‘ave nobbut toh pay.
Thir wer a brid table theer o’ sale,
(wun ut’s awhoam’s noan soh good)
Soh ah towd ‘er toh go choose a new un,
A gradely un med o’ beech wood.

Hoo wasted noh time pickin’ a freysh un,
Un ah took it toh t’ checkeawt toh pay,
Theer thi’d Uncle Joes Mintballs,
A tin o’ thoose ud fere mek ‘er day!
Hoo towd foak heaw gen’ rous ah’d bin
Un hoo sung t’ praises o’ this second rate bard,
.... But weeks later hoo cawed mi a che’pskate
When hoo discovvert ah’d paid wi’t JOINT CARD!

15 03 2018
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    • 2023-24 Trophy Winners >
      • Richard Holland Cup Winning Entry
      • Harry Craven Cup Winning Entry
      • President's Cup Winning Entry
      • T' Kissin' Shuttle Winning Entry
    • 2022 - 23 Trophy Winners
    • 2022 - 23 Winners' Photo Gallery
    • 2020 - 21 Trophy Winners
    • 2020 - 21 Winners' Photo Gallery
    • 2020 - 21 Winning Entries blank >
      • ODE TO A COTTON REEL - Sally James
      • ABSENT FRIENDS - NODDLE YED'S TALE - Betty Lightfoot
      • PiICKING COAL WITH DAD - Sally James
      • NIGHT SHIFT - Neville Southern
      • Frank Gibson's entry not published
    • 2019 Winning Entries >
      • A LUVIN’ ‘USBANT’S TREAT - Ron Williams
      • MOLLIE'S MEANDERINGS - Sally James
      • BLOOD BROTHERS - Sally James
      • THE OLD MILL STREAM - Sally James
      • Frank Gibson's entry not published
  • Edwin Waugh
    • Brief Biography
    • Waugh's Poems >
      • Poems and Songs Vol 1 1889
      • Posies From a Country Garden
      • More Poems and Songs - Full Length Book
      • Miscellany
    • Waugh's letters to his publisher
    • Other Waugh's letters
  • Waugh's Well
    • Notice Board Replacement
    • WAUGH'S WELL WALK
    • Videos and Gallery - 2021 Walk
    • Gallery - 2018 Walk
    • Gallery - 2017 Walk
    • Early Waugh's Well Photos
  • OUTSIDE EVENTS
    • FOLK LIKE US EVENT
    • 2018 Bolton Station Promotion >
      • Gallery - Bolton Station Stall
      • Video - Sid Calderbank with his Bones
      • Video - Come Whoam to thi' Childer an' Me
    • 2017 Nov 24 Edwin Waugh Tribute Night >
      • Edwin Waugh Tribute Night - Video of the whole performance
      • Videos of the Individual Songs from the evening >
        • Lift On The Way
        • Com Whoam t' thi' Childer and Me
        • Bide On
        • When The Sun Goes Down
    • 2017 National Dialect Festival >
      • Video - Sid Calderbank recites poem
  • SALES