Wor Nanny's a mazer
Wor Nanny's a mazer is a famous Geordie folk song written in the 19th century by Thomas “Tommy” Armstrong, in a style deriving from music hall. It is regarded by many as one of the classics. This song tells the tale of a husband and wife setting out on a train trip from Rowlands Gill, a village in County Durham, to “toon” - meaning 'town', presumably Newcastle upon Tyne - to do some shopping. The trip starts to go wrong when they miss their train. The pair end up in a pub where the wife becomes  “a bit the worse for wear”. We are left to assume no shopping was done and no clothes bought. This is the only place mentioned by name. It is not known either where they started their journey, or where they intended to do their shopping, although Newcastle upon Tyne would be an educated guess as it is locallyreferredto as the toon. As this was a very popular song, it appeared in numerous editions. The many versions published show considerable, some very minor, variations, mainly in the spelling of the words, and sometimes variations within the same edition. Some of the  most common are listed below: Comments on variations to the above version. Generally Specific differences Chorus line 1 "And" is added to the start of the line Chorus line 2 ends with "she remains" instead of "she'll remain" Chorus line 3 "And" is added to the start of the line Chorus line 4 starts with "aa'll nivvor" instead of "aa winnet" Verse 1 line 3 "For" is added to the start of the line Verse 1 line 7 "was ne mair" is substituted by wasn't another one" Verse 1 line 8 The time period varies from fifteen to  seventeen minutes Verse 1 line 9 "An" or "An" is added to the start of the line Verse 1 line 12 "gan in" is substituted by "gan on" Verse 1 line 12 "So" is omitted from the start of the line but "we'll" is added before "gan" Verse 1 line 15 "hev" is substituted by "git" and later "warmed" by "warm" Verse 1 line 17 "But" is added to the start of the line and later the line changed from "aa knew she'd not waak" to "aa knew she couldn't walk" Verse 1 line 20 - the line  starts "Aa's like te" instead of "If aa like aa cud" Verse 2 line 1 "doon" is substituted by "away" Verse 2 line 3 "te" is substituted by "inti" Verse 2 line 4 "in" is substituted by "heor" Verse 2 line 7 "drink" is substituted by "hev" Verse 2 line 8 "And" is substituted by "Why" Verse 2 line 11 & 12 changed from "But after she swalleyed three parts of hor gill, She said, "Bob, man, aa'd rather hev gin" to "An afore she'd swallied a haaf o' hors, She said, "Aa wad rethur hev gin" Verse 2  line 14 changed from "And she gobbled it up the forst try" to "she swallied it doon the forst try:" Verse 2 line 15 "Says aa te wor Nan" is substituted by "Aa sez to wor Nan" Verse 3 line 3 "Why" is omitted from the start of the line Verse 3 line 4 The "three" gills becomes "two" or more than three gills Verse 3 line 6 "hoyed" is substituted by "tossed" Verse 3 line 7 & 8 changed from "Aa thowt she was gan te gan wrang in her mind, so aa sat mesef close by the door" to  Aa thowt wor Nan was gan' Wrang iv hor mind so aa set mesel near the door Verse 3 line 17 "for" is omitted before "te sing" and the 'Cat Pie' becomes 'The Cat Pie' Verse 4 line 1 changed from "The landlord says" to "He sez te me" Verse 4 line 6 changed from "acroos" to "ower" Verse 4 line 7 changed from "And Nan, poor sowl" to "An poor aad Nan" Verse 4 line 8 changed from " tummelled" to "hoyed" verse 4 line 9 "And" is added to the start of the line Verse 4 line 11 changed  from "for te lift" to "ta lift" verse 4 line 12 "And" is added to the start of the line Verse 4 line 13 changed from "ride" to "lift" Verse 4 line 14 changed from "lifted" to "hoisted" Verse 4 line 15 changed from "But Nan was that tight, she" to "She was that tight that she" verse 4 line 17 "And" is added between "sit up" and "she" instead of the comma verse 4 line 18 "And" is added to the start of the line Verse 4 line 19 changed from "hor new basket" to "a new basket" Verse  4 line 20 changed from "That mornin' wi lossin' the train" to "That wummin, wi lossin' the train." See also. Geordie dialect words