GRANDAD


MI' GRANDAD WAS A HORSEMAN, UN A GIANT OF A MAN,
OR SO IT ALLUS SEEMED WHEN ARE WERE SMALL,
HE HAD HABIT AFTER DINNER, A LAYING DARN ON'T RUG,
UN HE LOOKED AS IF HE STRETCHED FROM WALL TO WALL.

BET HE'D HEART A GOLD, ED GRANDAD, WHEN IT CAME TO ANIMALS,
CRUELTY WERE SUMMAT HE CUN'T ABIDE,
WUNCE, WHEN HIS HORSE WERE POORLY, UN IT CUN'T BI' LEFT ALONE,
FIVE WEEK HE SLEPT IN'T YARD THEER BY HER SIDE.

HE WERE'T CORNER STONE UTT FAMILY, WE ALL LOOKED UP TO HIM,
UN HE SHOWED HIS HORSES DARN UTT EMPIRE THEATRE,
ARE SHOULD A KNOWN THAT ARE WOULD END UP AS AN ACTRESS ON T.V.
UN AM SURE ARE CUN'T AVE ADD A BETTER TEACHER.

AYE!MI GRANDAD WAS A HORSEMAN, AM PROUD TO SAY HE WAS,
THE BEST HORSEMAN IN LEEDS ARE'D SAY BAR NONE,
UN IF THE'S HORSES UP IN HEAVEN,UN AM CERTAIN THAT THERE ARE,
ARE BET MY GRANDADS LOOKIN' AFTER WUN.......



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