My Daddy he were just a boy when he walked outta school,
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His Mammy said there’d soon be one more hungry mouth to fill,
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He said ‘the learnin’ and the schoolin’ wurnae bad for them that could,
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Tho’ I can read & write my bloody name & sign it where I should’,
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And he said..
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‘If I had my time again, I know I’d be a learned man,
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An artisan in high demand, a Doctor or a Teacher,
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As sure as guns are made of iron, I were born a workin man,
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I’d live & die right where I stand if I’d my time again’.
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He went wide eyed down tae Johnny Brown, he were a big lad for his years,
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write - escribir
where - dónde
vietnam - Vietnam
tumble - caída
teacher - profesor
filled - lleno
themselves - sí mismos
carry - llevar
emperors - emperadores
years - años
learned - aprendido
doctor - doctor
songs - canciones
daughter - hija
demand - [object Object]
outta - fuera
dirty - sucio
artisan -
daddy - papi
cried - llorado
bloody - sangriento
worked - trabajó
shores - orillas
early - temprano
malay - malayo
black - negro
their - su
diddle - estafar
again - de nuevo
coughed - tosido
there - ahí
school - colegio
fleets - flotas
fightin - peleando
could - podría
brown - marrón
limousine - limusina
people - gente
friday - viernes
golden - dorado
grave - tumba
tears - lágrimas
hungry - hambriento
walked - caminado
shining - brillante
japan - Japón
johnny - johnny
learnin - aprendiendo
lover - amante
mates - compañeros
night - noche
mouth - boca
plates - platos
right - derecho
court - corte
stand - estar
workin - trabajar en
foreign - exterior
should - debería
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