Classic Poem

It's O! but aw ken well
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The bonny lass o' Benwell,
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She's lang-legg'd and mother-like,
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See, she's ragin' up the dyke.
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The quayside for sailors,
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The Castle garth for tailors,
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The Gateshead Hills for millers,
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The North Shore for keelers,
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There's Sandgate for auld rags,
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And Gallowgate for trolly bags,
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Ther's Denton and Kenton,
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And canny Lang Benton,
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There's Tynemouth and Cullercoats,
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And North Shields for sculler boats,
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There's Westoe lies in a neuk,
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And South Shields the place for seut,
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There's Harton and Holywell,
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And bonny Seaton Delaval,
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Hartley pans for sailors,
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And Bedlington for nailers,