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Marriott Edgar - Up`ards
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`Twere getting dusk, one winter`s night,
When up the clough there came in sight,
A lad who carried through the snow,
A banner with this `ere motto…
`Uppards`

His face was glum as he did pass,
His eyes were shiny… just like glass,
And as he went upon his way,
He nobbut this `ere word did say…
`Uppards`

And people sitting down to tea,
They heard him plan, as plain can be,
They thowt `twere final football score,
As this `ere word rang out once more…
`Uppards`

A policeman on his lonely beat,
He stopped the lad up t` end of t` street,
He said, "Where`t going wi` that theer?"
The lad just whispered in his ear…
`Uppards`

"Don`t go down t` clough." the policeman said,
"It`s mucky road for thee to tread,
Canal`s at bottom… deep and wide."
"That`s not my road." the lad replied,
It`s… `Uppards`

A young lass stopped him further up,
She said "Come in wi` me, and sup."
He said, "I`m takin none o` yon,
Besides… I must be getting on…
`Uppards`"

Next day some lads had just begun,
To tak` their whippets for a run,
When dogs got scratching in the snow,
And found flag with this `ere motto…
`Uppards`

That set them digging all around,
And `twasn`t long before they found,
A lad whose name they never learned,
Whose face was white, whose toes had turned…
`Uppards`

`Twas very plain for to behold,
The lad had ta`en his death o` cold,
He`d got his feet wet early on,
And from his feet the cold had gone…
`Uppards`

This story only goes to show,
That when the fields is white wi` snow,
It`s inadvisable to go…
`Uppards`
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