The Puddens That Me Mother Used Te Myek


The Puddens That Me Mother Used Te Myek is a Geordie folk song written in the 20th century by John Gair “Jack” Robson, in light hearted style. It is sometimes referred to by its alternative title of “Pot Pies and Puddens”

Lyrics

This song does not appear to have ever been published, officially.
It would also appear to have been specially written with a view to using it on the BBC Radio show What Cheor Geordie; a show broadcast on local North East of England radio which ran from 1940 to 1956.
THE PUDDENS THAT ME MOTHER USED TE MYEK
A pitman's wife is nivor dyun of that there is née doot

Whilst some are comin' in frae work, there's others gannin' oot

Aa weel remember as a lad the feeds there used te be

On Sundays when we aal sat doon, as one big family.
Chorus
Them rowley powley puddens

Them steak and kidney puddens,

Them greet big Yorkshire puddens

Thet me mother used te myek.
When me poor aad fathor used te carve a wallopin' joint o' meat

Wi' spuds an' sproots by gum we had as much as we aal cud eat

But best o' aal the tasty bites, aa'l nivor forget by heck

Wer the Pot Pies and the Puddens that me mother used te myek.
Chorus
Many years hev gyen since then an' noo the wife an' me

Set doon on Sundays tiv a chop, that ye can hardly see

Wor dustbin's full of empty tins and dinner's just a nyem

But nivor dor aa mention hoo we used te feed at hyem.
Chorus
Aa tell the wife she's deein' fine, an' let it gan at that

For if aa dah to say oot else by gox she'd lowse a flat

Haway, aa've poured yor dinner oot, aa'm sick te hear hor say

Nee wonder that me mind gans back te mony a bygone day.
Chorus

Comments on variations to the above version

NOTE –

There are various unofficial versions of the song, and some seem to have difficulties in following the original Geordie dialect. Here are some of the variations, some very minor, some in the spelling of the words, and sometimes variations within the same edition. Some of the most common are listed below :-
aal and aall or all

aa'm or ah'm

ah've or ah'vv

an or and

bide or gan

dah or dare

done or dyun

doon or down

father or fathor

"forget by heck" or "quite forget"

frae or from

gone or gyen

got and had

have or hev

haway or howway

louse or lowse

many or mony

"me wife" or "the wife"

name or nyem

never or niver or nivor or nivver or nivvor

noo or now

o' or of

oot or owt

powley or powly

puddens or puddins

rowley or rowly

set or sit

te or to

that or thet

the or them (referring to the various "puddens"

wallopin or walloppin

was or wer

while or whilst

yer or yor
and one major difference

Verse 3 line 4 - "But nivor dor aa mention hoo we used te feed at hyem." or "Nee wonder that me mind gans back te how we fed at hyem"

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