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Oh! Tommy, lad, howay! aw's myek thou full o' play;

Aw'm sartin that thou'll byeth skip and lowpy-O:

Aw've sic a bonny thing, an' it's myed o' glass an' tin,

An' they say it's nyem's a bonny Gleediscowpy-O.

Skellyscowpy-O, &c.

A gawn alang the Close, a bit laddy cock'd his nose,

An' was keekin throud' aside the Jabel Growpey-O:

Aw fand that he wad sell'd; sae, odsmash! aw'm proud te tell'd!

For twee shillin' bowt his bonny Gleediscowpey-O.

Wey, then aw ran off hyem—Nan thowt me myekin gyem;

Said, my Deavy[1] for a new aw'd had a cowpey-O: But she gurn'd, aye, like a sweeper, when aw held it tiv her peeper, See'd church-windors through my bonny Gleediscowpey-O.

Then the bairns they ran like sheep, a' strove to hev a peep,

Frae the audest lass, aye doon to the dowpey-O:

There Dick dang ower Cud, myed his nose gush out o' blood,

As he ran to see the bonny Gleediscowpey-O.

There was dwiney little Peg, not sae nimmel i' the leg,

Ower the three-footed stuil gat sic a cowpey-O;

And Sandy wiv his beak, myed a lump i' mother's cheek,

Climbin up to see the bonny Gleediscowpey-O.

But she held it tiv her e'e, aye, till she could hardly see,

Oh! then aboot the markettin she thowty-O:

Wey, Lukey, man! says she, 'stead o' shuggar, flesh, an' tea,

Thou's fetch'd us hyem thy bonny Gleediscowpey-O.

She struck me wi' surprise while she skelly'd wiv her eyes,

And aw spak as if aw'd gettin a bit rowpey-O.

So, neighbours, tyek a hint, if ye peep ower lang ye'll squint,

For aw think they're reetly nyem'd a Gleediscowpey-O.

[1] A term for the Safety Lamp.