Thowd Clock © 08 Beryl Dyson
(Suffolk dialect)

“Wos tha toime Charlie be yar clock roight?
Cuz moi owd clock stopped in tha noight;
Ut stopped about half arter tew
An oi can’t git thowd thing t gew
‘Haps oi wounded he up tew toight
Ut guv a bang tha tuther noight.
Oi’ve picked he up, guv he a shook
An thowd pen-dew-lum cum orf tha hook.
Said tew tha missus: “Thas a rumum
Spooz we’ull hat ta git a newun.”

“We oont dew that” she say tew oi:
“Ta git ut agorn Oi’ull hev a troy.”
Har gits a lid a made o tin
An in ut shuved some paraffin.
My missus; har be allus roight,
Wornt gorn t set thowd clock aloight.
“Oi’ull leave thart be in thart thare clock
A doos o thart ull make he tock,
Ut ull be a day or maybe tew
Afore we git thowd thing ta gew”.
Strange thing oi hev tew say tew yew,
Dint heayr thowd clock till ut dint gew!