142 JOHNNIE THE CALLER. 



Aye here it is thou can see for tha sel, 

 It's hor han' maw cumley bordie; 



In en oot, en roond aboot, 



It's a' ritten Haudaway Geordy. 



If th' readins wis nobbit here agean, 



Thou'll see ma neam in th' papers ; 

 Th' play-hoos en threeator tee, 



They say av stopt their capers. 

 They'll tell when aw sang Jack's cum Bad , 



En then the Hurdy Ghirdy ; 

 Hoo aw finisht up wi' th' graybord hop, 



En they a' shootit Haudaway Geordy. 



J0|nwie i\t Caller, 



INSCRIBED TO JOHN DOVELIN, WITH HIS PERMISSION* 



SOME sing of Johnnie the Ploughboy, 



And some of Johnnie the Bellman ; 

 But rambling Johnnie frae Cumberland, 



He does them far excel, man. 

 Johnnie is just five feet three, 



Neither short nor taller ; 

 Thirteen stane an' pund or twee, 



Johnnie the Plashetts Caller. 



