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The Puddens That Me Mother Used Te Myek
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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" Recordings To follow 
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