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      • ODE TO A COTTON REEL - Sally James
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      • 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
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      • THE OLD MILL STREAM - Sally James
      • Frank Gibson's entry not published
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    • WAUGH'S WELL WALK
    • Videos and Gallery - 2021 Walk
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  • OUTSIDE EVENTS
    • 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
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Sally's Poetic Apologies

Waugh’s Well Walk 2021
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Eeh ah wish ah could be theer wi’ thi walkin’ o’er them fells
bur a cornt tha sees because ah’m noan feelin’ very well,

Ah con look reet through mi window an see them ‘ills o’ green
an a know tha’ll all bi theer though tha surely cornt bi seen.

Bur ah’ll bi theer i’ spirit an’ ah know Sid will noan bi laggin
as theau recites Ned Woff’s poems as theau tucks intoh th’baggin.

We allus ‘ad a concert but tha doesn’t need that neaw fer sure
when tha con sing a merry tune whist gazin’ o’er Scout Moor.

Tha con lissen to th’brids singin’ like layrocks merry shrill
an see th’ purple heather bloomin’ as tha rambles o’er yond ‘ill

So enjoy thissels and layf an’ joke an’ sing a merry tune
an’ what is mooer ah wish thi aw a very happy afternoon.

Sally Williams (with help from Ron)
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    • 2022 Trophy Winners
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    • 2020 Trophy Winners
    • 2020 Winners' Photo Gallery
    • 2020 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 Well
    • WAUGH'S WELL WALK
    • Videos and Gallery - 2021 Walk
    • Gallery - 2018 Walk
    • Gallery - 2017 Walk
  • OUTSIDE EVENTS
    • 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