Poetry
A Manc Xmas
By BuffaloBill
20 December 2006
 'Ey up, our kid, yer all right or wot? If you struggle to read this, then yer can't talk Queen's English and yer all a bunch o' numpty's! (As we say up here in God's country.)
 With due deference to John Cooper-Clarke, the Salford poet.

Flippin’ ‘eck, it’s Xmas

An’ I’ve ‘ardly got owt done,

I’d better get to Bargain Booze

Or me party won’t be fun.

 
Me mucker’s comin’ round at eight

‘E’s bringin'  loads of birds

‘E said ‘e’ll bring some blow an’ all

(That’s weed in uvver words)

 
The tunes’ll be dead bangin’;

‘Appy Mondays,  Ian Brown,

There’ll be beany ‘ats an’ whistles

An’ we’ll all be gettin’ down.

 
Me mam sez we’re all menkal

An’ we’re gonna go to ‘ell

But I’ll feel like I’m in ‘eaven

If I get off wiv Michelle.

 
She promised that she’d snog me

If I bought ‘er summat nice

So I went down Salford market

An’ I got some fluffy dice.

 
They’ll look wicked in ‘er Corsa

Wot she bought from Dodgy Ted;

(She’s working down the Asda,

So she’s making loads o’ bread.)

 
I got ‘er card from Clinton’s,

Though  the choice they ‘ad was bobbins;

They were all dead daft an’ girlified,

All Xmas trees an’ robins.

 
So Xmas should be sound this time

Wiv cake an’ beer an’ that.

I ‘ope it’s not like last year

When I frew up in me ‘at.

 
It’s only once a year, though

So yer av’ to do it proper.

I’ll see yer all on Boxing Day,

I ‘ope yer av’ a whopper!

Reviews

Written by Witzl (1585 comments posted) 20th December 2006
Really enjoyed this, and I even understood most of it! 
 
What a great gift idea, too, those fluffy dice for her car.
Ta, Witzl
Written by BuffaloBill (25 comments posted) 20th December 2006
Ey, yer all right, you. Cheers fer that, girl. 

Written by Thatllbemethen (90 comments posted) 20th December 2006
Not sure Michelle would appreciate the dice, my missus made me take mine down. Black with gold dots as well. 
 
Liked this and have caught up with most of your other entries, good stuff, particularly Bono's trousers (perhaps could have been titled 'Bono where's yer troosers') 
 
'appy Xmas
Man's World
Written by BuffaloBill (25 comments posted) 20th December 2006
Michelle's gunner af mek do wiv wot she gets, we treat 'em mean and keep 'em keen oop north! 
Thanks for your comments.

Written by Clifftown (701 comments posted) 20th December 2006
Dreadfully sorry, one had terrible trouble understanding this poem...would you be so kind as to provide a translation for us Southerners?  
 
(Brilliant poem, really enjoyed!) :)

Written by Fledermaus (4146 comments posted) 20th December 2006
So that's how you celebrate Christmas in Manchester :P 
I could read this, but I'm sure that if it was read out loud by a local I wouldn't understand a word of it. Sometimes when I hear English (not Scottish or Irish, but English) people speak English I wonder what language they taught me in school.

Written by ellipinnock (1816 comments posted) 21st December 2006
Fantastic - really enjoyed this.  
 
Elli

Written by Talisker (1367 comments posted) 22nd December 2006
Wonderful! A great laff!  
 
Are you Noel Gallagher in disguise? 
 
Oli

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