Teach our youth Ullans

All too often, the Ullans language has been misrepresented as a local accent thereby denying it centuries of history and the fact that it is in reality a language in its own right. As parents, we have a duty to encourage our kids to speak Ullans and show them the distinction between our ancient language and its English counterpart. Ir, in ither wurds .................

A Wurd Tae Wur Ain Yins

It haes niver bin aisy fer an Ulster Scot

Makin his wye through schule,

Gien that cas o tha wye he taaks,

He's apt tae bae seen as a fool.

His teachers wull caa it an accent

They micht mock him tae git him tae stap

Taakin in his ain tongue

Whur yinst they'd hae threatened him wie tha strap.

His class wull tak their cue frae tha maister

An goad an jeer tha wean

Fer they hae changed tha wye they taak

Because they're shalla an vain.

So if your wean haes pride in his roots

An wants tae use the Ullans tongue

Then dae aa ye can tae encourage him

Scream Ulster Scotch frae his lungs

Fer he'll fin hissel up agin it

But he haes tae withstaun tha misery

Cas the leid he's taakin is pairt

O hunners o years o history.

Ma ir Da hear these wheen o wurds

An play yer pairt in keepin tha leid alive

Fer wi'oot yer help tha Hamely Tongue

Wull neither keep gan nor thrive

Join iz tha believe in tha Ullans

An git yer weans tae dae tha same forbye

An atween iz aa tha Ulster Scotch

Wull niver iver die.