OWD ROÄ.1
Naäy, noä mander2 o’ use to be callin’ ’im Roä, Roä, Roä,
Fur the dog’s stoän-deaf, an’ e’s blind, ’e can naither Stan’ nor goä.
Fur the dog’s stoän-deaf, an’ e’s blind, ’e can naither Stan’ nor goä.
But I means fur to maäke ’is owd aäge as ’appy as iver I can,
Fur I owäs owd Roäver moor nor I iver owäd mottal man.
Fur I owäs owd Roäver moor nor I iver owäd mottal man.
Thou’s rode of ’is back when a babby, afoor thou was gotten too owd,
Fur ’e’d fetch an’ carry like owt, ’e was allus as good as gowd.
Fur ’e’d fetch an’ carry like owt, ’e was allus as good as gowd.
