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Clasics in Ñspel: MANCHESTER RAMBLER, by Ewan MacColl

MANĆESTR RAMBLR

Ywn MCól

I’v bn ovr Snǒdn, I’v slept upn Crǒdn
I’v camt bî ɖ Wenstonz az wel
I’v súnbeɖd on Cindr, bn brnt t a sindr
N mni mor ʈñz I cn tel
Mî rucsac hz oft bn m pilo
Ɖ heɖr hz oft bn m bed
N snr ɖn part fṛm ɖ mǎntinz
I ʈnc I wd rɖr b ded

I’m a ramblr, I’m a ramblr

fṛm Manćestr we

I gt ol m pleźr ɖ hard murḷnd we
I me b a wejslev on Munde
Bt I am a fri man on Súnde

Ɖ de wz jst endñ n I wz dsndñ
Dǎn Grîndzbrŭc jst bî Upr Tor
Ẃn a vôs craid “Hé y” in ɖ we cīprz d
H’d ɖ wrst fes ɖt evr I sw
Ɖ ʈñz ɖt h sd wr unpleznt
In ɖ tīʈ v hiz fyri I sd
“Snr ɖn part fṛm ɖ mǎntinz
I ʈnc I wd rɖr b ded”

I’m a ramblr, I’m a ramblr

fṛm Manćestr we

I gt ol m pleźr ɖ hard murḷnd we
I me b a wejslev on Munde
Bt I am a fri man on Súnde

H cōld m a lǎs n sd “Ʈnc v ɖ grǎs”
Wel I ʈt, bt I stl cd’nt si
Ẃ ol Cindr Scǎt n ɖ murz rnd’bt
Cd’nt tec bʈ ɖ pur grǎs n m
H sd “Ol ɖs land z mî mastr’s”
At ɖt I std śecñ mî hed
No man hz ɖ rît t ǒn mǎntinz
Eni mor ɖn ɖ dīp ośnbed

I’m a ramblr, I’m a ramblr

fṛm Manćestr we

I gt ol m pleźr ɖ hard murḷnd we
I me b a wejslev on Munde
Bt I am a fri man on Súnde

I wns luvd a meid, a spot wldr bî tred
Ś wz fer az ɖ rown in blūm
N ɖ blūm v hr î maćt ɖ blu murḷnd scî
I wùd hr fṛm Epril t Jūn
On ɖ de ɖt w śd hv bn marid
I wnt fr a rambl instd
Fr snr ɖn part fṛm ɖ mǎntinz
I ʈnc I wd rɖr b ded

I’m a ramblr, I’m a ramblr

fṛm Manćestr we

I gt ol m pleźr ɖ hard murḷnd we
I me b a wejslev on Munde
Bt I am a fri man on Súnde

So I’l wōc ẃr I wl ovr mǎntin n hil
N I’l lî ẃr ɖ bracn z dīp
I b’loñ t ɖ mǎntinz, ɖ clir runñ fǎntinz
Ẃr ɖ gre rocs lî rugid n stīp
I’v sìn ɖ ẃît hér in ɖ guliz
N ɖ crly flî hî oṿhed
N snr ɖn part fṛm ɖ mǎntinz
I ʈnc I wd rɖr b ded

I’m a ramblr, I’m a ramblr

fṛm Manćestr we

I gt ol m pleźr ɖ hard murḷnd we
I me b a wejslev on Munde
Bt I am a fri man on Súnde

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