h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh,where is the Glasgow where I used to stay? White,wally closes done up wi' pipe clay.
Where you knew everybody,first floor to third,and to keep your door shut was considered absurd!
Where are the weans that once played in the street?
Wi' a jorrie,a peerie,a gird wi' a cleek.
Can they still cadge a hudgie,or dreep aff a dike? play hunch cuddy hunch,kick the can,and the like?
And where is the wee shop where I used to buy,
a quarter o' tatties,a tuppenny pie?
A bag o' broken biscuits,a wee sodie scone,
And the wummin aye asked "Hows yer ma gettin oan?"
Where is the Tallies,that I knew so well?
That wee corner shop,where they used to sell,
Hot peas,a macallum,ice cream in a poke,
you knew they were Tallies the minute they spoke!
And where is the cludgie? that cosy wee cell,
the string fae the cistern,I remember it
well!
Where I sat wi' a caunle,an studied the rags,
a win
for the auld firm,a loss for the jags!
Where is the tramcar that once did a ton?,doon Great Western road,on the ol' Yoker run!
The conductress aye knew how tae deal with the nyaff "If yir gaun,well,comoan,if yir no,well gittaff!"
I think o' the days o' my tenement
hame,
we've goat fancy hooses,but they're jist no the same!
I'll swap yer gizunders,flyovers and jams,
for a tuppenny ride
on the auld Partick trams!
Gone is the Glesga that
I used to
know,
Big Wullie,wee shooie,the steamie,the co !
The shilpit wee bachle,the glaikit big dreep,
yer ba's on the slates, and yer gas in a peep!
These days wurnae rosy,and money wis tight,
the wages aw finished by Setterday night!
But still we came through it and weathered the ruts,the reason was simple,our parents had guts!

thats very touching

That's very heartening!

Did it work?

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Translation
There are some I know and some I don't.
From the top!
White wally closes- a close is the stairway to the top of a Glasgow tenement. Pipe clay was originally used in the decor of these.
Weans-kids;derived from the word weaning(obviously)
Jorrie-marble/bull/ glass ball used to play kids game, I suspect derivative of Jam-jars(jors/jars)
Peerie- spinning top
Gird with a cleek-A gird as I believe was a toy which consisted of a circular frame of wood and the cleek was a stick to hit it with to propel it.
Hudgie- this was when kids try to grab onto a bus or van and (cadge/steal) a lift for a few seconds.

Tatties-potatoes
Soda scone- scones made with soda presumably
Tallies-Italians, who usually ran ice-cream shops.Todays equivalent; the tally van(mobile van selling ice-cream and absolutely nothing to do with Osama bin laden)
Cludgie-bathroom toilet. These were in the past outside the house.
Caunle-a candle
Rags-newspapers
The auld firm-Glasow Rangers and Glasgow Celtic
The Jags-Partick thistle(English folks may know this team as Partick Thistle nil.

Gizunder-difficult to explain, but it's a sort of tunnel or walkway that goes under a road
Wee shooie- Small Hugh
The steamie-a wash house for clothes where women folk used to socialise
The co- the co-operative society.
The shilpit wee bachle-(unknown)
Glaikit-stupid looking/empty stare
Yer ba's on the slates-your ball is on the slates(game over!)
Yer gas in a peep- a low setting for a gas-ring

Thanks for the translation/explanation, made a few things clearer, but I got the gist and the mood of it anyway

Well I had the thought that if most folks could understand the poem a little easier they could enjoy it a bit more. Just a slight change;cadge-not really steal,(but in this instance) more like getting some sort of kicks for free or just basically to get something for nothing. A common expression from the past 'Can I cadge a fag from you Jimmy?' Incidentally nearly everyone in Glasgow is referred to as 'Jimmy' unless you know their real name

Funny, that's what my customer told me,that they addressed her then fiancé as Jimmy when she once visited him in Glasgow, and that he said they'd call everybody Jimmy