The Yorkshire Couple

The Yorkshire Couple - Jim Mackie.

It’s of a Yorkshire couple a story I’ll relate,

Who waited on retirement with apprehension great,

In their little mill-tied cottage said Amos feeling low,

“We’ve to leave this place tomorrow wherever shall we go?”

Wherever shall we go, wherever shall we go,

We’ve to leave this place tomorrow, wherever shall we go?”

Said Martha unto Amos “Well don’t thi fret old lad,

The thought of your retirement it owt make you glad,

Since the minute we were married I saved for a rainy day,

Each time we made love I put half a crown away.

Half a crown away, half a crown away,

Each time we made love I put half a crown away.”

“You see that row of cottages down by the Dog And Gun?

We ‘ant been married but a year before I bought first one,

The second two years later, the third it brought me tears,

The fourth it took much longer, all of twenty years,

All of twenty years, all of twenty years,

Oh the fourth it took much longer, all of twenty years.”

Said Amos unto Martha “Well you know I love you so,

And now I see the wisdom or reaping what you sow,

But one thing vexes me though, why did you niver tell?

If I hadn’t played away I’d have ‘ad Dog And Gun as well.

Dog And Gun as well, Dog And Gun as well,

If I hadn’t played away I’d have ‘ad Dog And Gun as well.”

Said Martha unto Amos “Well you know I love you dear,

But when you said you were working late, I knew where you were,

Remember our old milk man, the one that was such fun?

Well I did the same wi him and I bought him Dog And Gun.

I bought him Dog And Gun. I bought him Dog And Gun.

Well I did the same wi him and I bought him Dog And Gun.”

I bought him Dog And Gun. I bought him Dog And Gun.

Well I did the same wi him and I bought him Dog And Gun.”