I'll wear thee yet awhile, awd hat, <br />I'll wear thee yet awhile; <br />Though time an' tempest, beath combined, <br />Have changed thy shap an' style. <br />For sin we two togither met, <br />When thoo were nice an' new, <br />What ups an' doons i' t' world we've had, <br />Bud awlus braved 'em through. <br />That glossy shade o' thine, awd hat, <br />That glossy shade o' thine, <br />At graced thy youthful days is gean, <br />Which maks me noo repine. <br />Fra monny a gleam an' monny a shoor <br />Thoo's sheltered my awd heead; <br />Bud sean a smarter, tider hat <br />Will shelter 't i' thy steead. <br /> <br />Though friends have proved untrue, awd hat, <br />Though friends have proved untrue, <br />An' vanished in adversity, <br />Like mist or mornin' dew; <br />Yet when fierce storms or trials com <br />I fand a friend i' thee; <br />Sea noo, when thoo's far on, awd hat, <br />Thoo 'st finnd a friend i' me. <br /> <br />Some nail or crook 'll be thy heame <br />O' t' joists, or back o' t' door; <br />Or, mebbe, thoo'l be bunched aboot <br />Wi' t' barns across o' t' floor. <br />When t' rain an' t' wind coom peltin' through <br />Thy crumpled, battered croon, <br />I'll cut thee up for soles to wear <br />I' my awd slender shoon.<br /><br />Thomas Blackah<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-awd-hat/
