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Well, l'd been...
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l'd been wantin' to fly it free, but I daren't.
I were frightened it'd fly off or somethin'.
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This had been goin' on
for four or five days.
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And I keep on to missen,
sayin' that "Fly it free next day."
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Anyway, I got right mad wi' missen.
I says "Right, I'm flyin' it free tomorrow."
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Anyway, that night -
that Friday night it were -
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I didn't feed her up, so that
she'd be sharp set next mornin'.
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And I went to bed that night, Friday night,
and I didn't get an hour's sleep at all.
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I were frightened about t'bird,
that she'd fly off or summat like that.
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Anyway, when t'mornin' came,
I kept on sayin' to missen
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"lf she flies off, she flies off,
and it can't be helped."
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So I took t'swivel off
and let her hop onto t'post.
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There were nowt stoppin' her, she could
fly off. All that were on her were jesses.
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I thought "She must fly off.
She's forced to fly off."
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But she didn't.
She just stood there. I were terrified.
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She was stood there, and I walked off
into t'field, and she were lookin' round,
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and when I got about 70 yards from her,
in middle of t'field,
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I called her.
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"Kes. Kes. Come on, Kes. Come on, then."
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Nowt happened. So I thought
"l'd better walk back and pick her up."
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So while I were walkin' back,
I saw her flyin'. She came like a bomb!
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About a yard off t'floor, like lightning,
head still, and you couldn't hear t'wings.
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There weren't a sound from t'wings.
And straight onto t'glove. Wham!
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And she grabbed me for t'meat.
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I were pleased wi' missen,
and I didn't know what to do.
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So I thought I better do it again,
just to prove it weren't luck.
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So I took her back onto t'post,
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and walked up into t'middle of t'field,
and called her again.
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And she came just as good as first time,
straight onto t'glove, grabbin' for t'meat.
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Well, that were it, sir. l'd trained her, sir,
and that were all I could do.
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I think you've done enough.
Well done, Billy. Big hand of applause.
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