Pieseň o metle
„Buy Broom Buzzems“ (alebo „Buy Broom Besums“) je pieseň ktorú mnohí pripisuju Williamovi Purvisovi, pravdepodobne známejšiemu pod menom Blind Willie (1752-1832), ktorý bol skladateľ a spevák z Tynesidea koncom osemnásteho a začiatkom devätnásteho storočia. Túto pieseň mnohí považujú za jeho najcennejšiu prácu („pièce de résistance“).
(Pre lepšie pochopenie pohľadať preklad na Geordie dialect).
Buy Broom Buzzems
Časť 1 – Pôvodná verzia
If ye want a buzzem, for to sweep yor hoose
Come to me, ma honey, ye may hae yor choose.
Refrén:
Buy broom buzzems, buy them when they're new
Fine heather bred uns, better never grew.
Buzzems for a penny, rangers for a plack
If ye winnot buy, I'll tie them on my back.
Buy broom buzzems,
If aa had a horse, ad wad hev a cairt;
If aa had a wife, she wad tyek me pairt.
Buy broom buzzems,
Had aa but a wife, aa care not what she be
If she's but a woman, that's enyuf for me
Buy broom buzzems,
If she liked a droppie, her and I'd agree;
If she didn't like it, there's the mair for me.
Buy broom buzzems.
Buy Broom Buzzems
Časť 2 - dodatok k pôvodnej, pridané od strane Blind Willie (hudobník pôvodom z Newcastle)
Up the Butcher Bank, and down Byker Chare;
There you'll see the lasses selling brown ware.
Buy broom buzzems, etc.
Alang the Quayside, stop at Russell's Entry;
There you'll see the beer drawer, she is standing sentry.
Buy broom buzzems, etc.
If you want an oyster, for to taste your mouth,
Call at Handy Walker's — he's a bonny youth.
Buy broom buzzems, etc.
Call at Mr. Loggie's, he does sell good wine;
There you'll see the beer drawer, she is very fine.
Buy broom buzzems, etc.