Henry's Songbook

See ma mammy
See ma dinner ticket
A pitituma
Pokit an she pititiny
Washnmachine

See thou burnty
Up wherra firewiz

Ma mammy says Am no tellnyagain
No'y playnit
A jist wen'y eatma
Pokacrisps furma dinner
Nabigwoffldoon

The wummin sed Aver near
Clapsd
Jistur heednur
Wee wellies sticknoot

They sed Wot heppind?
Nme'nma belly
Na bedna hospital
A sed A pititnma
Pokit an she pititny
Washnmachine

They sed Ees thees chaild ebslootly
Non verbal?
A sed MA BUMSAIR
Nwen'y sleep

(as spoken by Adam McNaughtan)

[1983:] [This] lays bare the misplaced arrogance of Establishment spokesmen when confronted with working-class speech which is, in fact, less 'restricted' than their own. (Notes Adam McNaughtan, 'WordsWordsWords')

[1997:] Written by Margaret Hamilton, 1972. ('Imagining a City', exhibition in the Mitchell Library)