A Yorkshire Riding

A Yorkshire Riding


A third is a third
Not half
Or a quart
A third is a third si'thee
If it weren't a third
Tha' could call it owt
Plain as yer face
To me

It's southern sense
To call it an eighth
Or a sixth or a tenth
Or a bit
But a Yorkshire man knows
How to work it out
An' a Londoners
Full of shit

A Riding's a third
North, East and West
Wi' dunt like foreigners
Up here
So sling thi' hook
Wi' can do better wi'owt
The likes o' thee
Is that clear