CLIVVER

St Mary's Church, Gateshead

St Mary's chorch stands on the hill;
St Mary's chorch is clivver
St Mary's chorch stands on the hill
And faces ti the river.

In the version I heard 'chorch' is 'church' but that is because the storyteller was not 'broad Geordie'. 'Clivver' was one dialect word she couldn't get rid of because it rhymes with 'river'! I think it's a sweet rhyme that deserves to be remembered. And that church is wonderful and old - home to an anchoress long, long ago, and the first school in Gateshead.
Sylvia Waugh

CLEMMIE

what ah fand
sea-given
a clemmie o crystal

COININ'

Th' ee
swivels on it' staak
en enuther en enuther
nae bonny een
Aa budge - it coins ti foller me
Th' streets scarce safe fer aal this CCTV

CAM

How! if ye can heor me, marra
'At's noo a deef cam o' yorth.
Aa greet n yaup; th' wind gollers back

(after Basho)

CROGGIE

Gis a croggie
On the back ov yer bike
Me maw 'll kill us if arm late

I croggie me mate hyem As quick as a flash
Befaw his maw starts to bawl

[HH Martinez]