Misc Originals – Courtney Henderson - Its Nobbut Me (Guitar)
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A tune put to the Cumberland dialect poem "It's Nobbut me"
from John Richardson's book "Cummerland Talk" (1871)
(Being Short Tales and Rhymes in the Dialect of that County)
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[Verse 1]
Em D Ya winter neet; I mind it weel, G Oor lads 'ed been at t' fell, Em D An' bein' tir't, went seun to bed, G An' I sat be messel. Em D I hard a jike on t' window pane, G An' deftly went to see; Em G Bit when I ax't 'Who's jiken theer?' G Says t' chap, 'It's nobbut me!'
[Verse 2]
Em D 'Who's me? says I, 'What want ye here? G Oor fwoak ur aw abed?' - Em D 'I dunnet want your fwok at aw, G It's thee I want,' he said. Em D 'What can t'e want wi' me,' says I; G 'An' who the deuce can 't be? Em D Just tell me who it is an' then' G -Says he, 'It's nobbut me.'
[Verse 3]
Em D 'I want a sweetheart, an' I thowt G Thoo mebby wad an' aw; Em D I'd been a bit down t'deal to-neet, G An' thowt 'at I wad caw; Em D What, can t' like me dus t'e think? G I think I wad like thee' Em D -'I dunnet know who 'tis,' says I; G Says he, 'It's nobbut me.' [Bridge] e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--| G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--| D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--| A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--| E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--| G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--| D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--| A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--| E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
Em D We pestit on a canny while, G I thowt his voice I kennt; Em D An' than I steall quite whisht away, G An' oot at t' dooer I went. Em D I creapp, an' gat 'im be t' cwoat laps, G 'Twas dark, he cuddent see; Em D He startit roond, an' said, 'Who's that?' G Says I, 'It's nobbut me.'
[Verse 5]
Em D An' meanny a time he come ageann, G An' menny a time I went, Em D An' said, 'Who's that 'at's jiken theer?' G When gaily well I kent; Em D An' mainly what t' seamm answer com, G Fray back o' t' laylick tree; Em D He sed, 'I think thoo knows who't is; G Thoo knows it's nobbut me.'
[Verse 6]
Em D It's twenty year an' mair Sen than, G An' ups an' doons we've hed; Em D An' six fine barns hey blest us beath, G Sen Jim an' me war wed. Em D An' many a time I've known 'im steal, G When I'd yan on me knee, Em D To mak me start, an' than wad laugh G --'Ha! Ha! It's nobbut me.' [Outro] e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--| G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--| D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--| A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--| E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--| G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--| D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--| A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--| E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------|
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