"Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs,"
should be by my reckoning -
" Whisht! lads, haad thee gobs,"
Checked with a 'local' & he reckons 'ya gobs' would be best.... LOL
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Moth
Whenever I've heard it sung its been "had thee gobs" - that's how they teach children to sing it in north-eastern schools, at any rate.
I am a local