Courtney Henderson - Its Nobbut Me
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
4th traste
A tune put to the Cumberland dialect poem "It's Nobbut me"
from John Richardson's book "Cummerland Talk" (1871)
(Being Short Tales and Rhymes in the Dialect of that County)
Em D G
e|-3-| e|-5-| e|-3-|
B|-3-| B|-3-| B|-3-|
G|-0-| G|-2-| G|-0-|
D|-2-| D|-0-| D|-0-|
A|-2-| A|-0-| A|-1-|
E|-0-| E|-2-| E|-2-|
Pattern for all verses:
Em D G
e|-------3-------5-------5-------4-------3-------3-------3-------3----|
B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3----|
G|-------0-------0-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
D|---------------------------0---------------0---------------0--------|
A|-----------2--------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0---------------2---------------3---------------3----------------|
[Intro]
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--|
G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--|
D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--|
A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--|
E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--|
G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--|
D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--|
A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--|
E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Em D
Ya winter neet; I mind it weel,
G
Oor lads 'ed been at t' fell,
Em D
An' bein' tir't, went seun to bed,
G
An' I sat be messel.
Em D
I hard a jike on t' window pane,
G
An' deftly went to see;
Em G
Bit when I ax't 'Who's jiken theer?'
G
Says t' chap, 'It's nobbut me!'
[Verse 2]
Em D
'Who's me? says I, 'What want ye here?
G
Oor fwoak ur aw abed?' -
Em D
'I dunnet want your fwok at aw,
G
It's thee I want,' he said.
Em D
'What can t'e want wi' me,' says I;
G
'An' who the deuce can 't be?
Em D
Just tell me who it is an' then'
G
-Says he, 'It's nobbut me.'
[Verse 3]
Em D
'I want a sweetheart, an' I thowt
G
Thoo mebby wad an' aw;
Em D
I'd been a bit down t'deal to-neet,
G
An' thowt 'at I wad caw;
Em D
What, can t' like me dus t'e think?
G
I think I wad like thee'
Em D
-'I dunnet know who 'tis,' says I;
G
Says he, 'It's nobbut me.'
[Bridge]
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--|
G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--|
D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--|
A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--|
E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--|
G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--|
D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--|
A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--|
E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
Em D
We pestit on a canny while,
G
I thowt his voice I kennt;
Em D
An' than I steall quite whisht away,
G
An' oot at t' dooer I went.
Em D
I creapp, an' gat 'im be t' cwoat laps,
G
'Twas dark, he cuddent see;
Em D
He startit roond, an' said, 'Who's that?'
G
Says I, 'It's nobbut me.'
[Verse 5]
Em D
An' meanny a time he come ageann,
G
An' menny a time I went,
Em D
An' said, 'Who's that 'at's jiken theer?'
G
When gaily well I kent;
Em D
An' mainly what t' seamm answer com,
G
Fray back o' t' laylick tree;
Em D
He sed, 'I think thoo knows who't is;
G
Thoo knows it's nobbut me.'
[Verse 6]
Em D
It's twenty year an' mair Sen than,
G
An' ups an' doons we've hed;
Em D
An' six fine barns hey blest us beath,
G
Sen Jim an' me war wed.
Em D
An' many a time I've known 'im steal,
G
When I'd yan on me knee,
Em D
To mak me start, an' than wad laugh
G
--'Ha! Ha! It's nobbut me.'
[Outro]
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--|
G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--|
D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--|
A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--|
E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------0--------0------------------|------0------0----------0----0----0--|
G|--------0--2-----0---------0-----0-|--0-----4------4----3----3---3----0--|
D|---2---------0---------0-----4-----|----2-----2------2----2------1----1--|
A|---------------------0h2-2-----2---|--3-----------------3--------2----2--|
E|---0-------2-------3---------------|-------------------------------------|
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