Daffyd Demands A Recount

sionnach commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

Yo, Taffy!

I think you may have a miscount. Shouldn't it be -

... tethera, methera, plethora, sethera, lethera ...

April 23, 2008

bilby commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

Are you saying pimp is really plethora?

April 23, 2008

plethora commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

Haha. I am such a pimp.

April 23, 2008

sionnach commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp.

Yon owd yowe's far-welted, and this yowe's got a limp

Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik,

Aye, we can deal wi' 'em all, and wheer's me crook and stick?

I count 'em up to figgits, and figgits have a notch,

There's more to being a shepherd than being on watch;

There's swedes to chop and lambing time and snow upon the rick,

Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik.

Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp &c..

From Caistor down to Spilsby from Sleaford up to Brigg,

There's Lincoln sheep all on the chalk, all hung wi' wool and big.

And I, here in Langton wi' this same old flock.,

Just as me grandad did afore they meddled with the clock.

Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp &c..

We've bred our tups and gimmers for the wool and length and girth,

And sheep have lambed, have gone away all o'er all the earth.

They're bred in foreign flocks to give the wool its length and crimp,

Yan, tan, tethera, pethera, pimp.

Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp &c..

They're like a lot of bairns, they are, like children of me own,

They fondle round about owd Shep afore they're strong and grown;

But they gets independent-like, before you know, they've gone,

But yet again, next lambing time we'll 'a' more to carry on.

Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp &c..

Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp,

Fifteen notches up to now and one yowe with a limp.

You reckons I should go away, you know I'll never go,

For lambing time's on top of us and it'll surely snow.

Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp &c..

Well, one day I'll leave me yowes, I'll leave me yowes for good,

And then you'll know what breeding is in flocks and human blood;

For our Tom's come out o' t' army, his face as red as brick,

Sethera, methera, hovera, and covera up to dik.

Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp &c..

Now lambing time come reg'lar-like, just as it's always been,

And shepherds have to winter 'em and tent 'em till they're weaned

My fambly had it 'fore I came, they'll have it when I sleep,

So we can count our lambing times as I am countin sheep

Yan, tan, tethera, tethera, pethera, pimp &c..

April 24, 2008

gangerh commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

Gradely, sionnach. Just caught that wonderful verse afore I was off to bed. Not too sure how I'll be counting sheep tonight! Sweet dreams.

April 24, 2008

bilby commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

lol sionnach. You deserve an honorary subscription to Sheep!.

April 24, 2008

sionnach commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

A subscription to Sheep! would be teh alsome. In this month's issue alone -

Golf Course Sheep Poo a Threat to Public Health

Roo Gut Bugs May Make Sheep Digestion More Efficient

and the monthly features:

Wool-gatherings

Wether or Not

News Bleat (my personal favorite)

April 24, 2008

bilby commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

May your News always Bleat :-)

April 25, 2008

bilby commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

See hickory, dickory, dock.

August 16, 2016

ruzuzu commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

This is my new favorite list.

November 6, 2023