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Cushie Butterfield
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I'm a broken-hearted keelman
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and I'm o'er head in love
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With a young lass from Gyetsid
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And I call 'er my dove
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Her name's Cushie Butterfield
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And she sells yellow clay
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And 'er cousins a muckman
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And they call him Tom Gray
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CHORUS
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She's a big lass
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She's a bonny lass
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And she likes her beer
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And I call her Cushie Butterfield
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And I wish she was here
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Her eyes is like two holes
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In a blanket burnt through
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And her breath in the mornin'
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Would scare a young coo
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She wears big galoshes
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And her stockings once was white
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And her bed gown it's lilac
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And her hat's never straight
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CHORUS
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Cushie Butterfield
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Aa's a broken hairted keel man and Aa's ower heed in luv
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Wiv a young lass in Gyetsid an Aa caal hor me duv
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Hor nyem's Cushie Butterfield and she sells Yalla clay
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And her cousin is a muckman and they caall im Tom Gray.
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Chorus- She's a big lass an' a bonnie lass an' she likes hor beer
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An they caall hor Cushie Butterfield an' aa wish she war heor
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Her eyes are like two holes in a blanket bornt throo,
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An' her brows in a mornin wad spyen a young coo;
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An' when aw heer her shootin "will ye buy ony clay,"
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Like a candy man's trumpet, it steels ma young hart away.
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Ye'll oft see hor doon at Sangit when the fresh harrin cims in,
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She's like a bagfull o'saadust tied roond wiv a string;
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She weers big galoshes tee, an' hor stockins once was white,
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An' hor bedgoon it's laelock, but hor hat's nivver strite.
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Chorus
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Whan Aa axed hor te marry us, she started te laff;
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"Noo, nyen o'yor munkey tricks, for Aa like nee such chaff"
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Then she started a' blubblin' an' roared like a bull,
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An' the cheps on the Keel ses As's nowt but a fyeul.
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Chorus
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She sez "The chep that gets me'll heh to work ivry day,
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An when he cums hyem at neets hell heh te gan an' seek clay;
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An' when he's away seekin't aal myek balls an' sing'
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Weel may the keel row that my laddies in !"
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Chorus
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Noo, aw heer she hes anuther chep, an' he hews at Shipcote'
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If aw thowt she wad deceive me, ah'd sure cut me throat;
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Aal doon the river sailin, ansing "Aam afloat,"
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Biddin addo te Cushy Butterfield an the chep at Shipcote.
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Chorus
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