Natty Nancy (John Hartley Poems)
"Mooar fowk get wed nor what do weel," A've heeard mi mother say;But mooast young lads an lasses too, Think just th' ...
"Mooar fowk get wed nor what do weel," A've heeard mi mother say;But mooast young lads an lasses too, Think just th' ...
One limpin Jimmy wed a lass;An this wor th' way it coom to pass--He'd saved a little bit o' brass, An ...
Aw've been laiking for ommost eight wick, An' aw can't get a day's wark to do!Aw've trailed abaht th' streets wol ...
Aw've been laikin for ommost eight wick, An' aw can't get a day's wark to do!Aw've trailed abaght th' streets wol ...
He wandered slipshod through the street, His clothes had many a rent;His shoes seemed dropping from his feet, His eyes were downward ...
Aw've travell'd o'er land, an aw've travell'd o'er sea,An aw've seen th' grandest lasses 'at ivver can be;But aw've nivver ...
Let others boast ther bit o' brass, That's moor nor aw can do;Aw'm nobbut one o'th' workin class, 'At's strugglin to pool ...
'Tis strange 'at fowk will be sich fooils To mak life net worth livin',Fermentin' rows, creatin' mooils, Detractin' an' deceivin'.To fratch an' ...
Thou wants my vote, young man wi' t' carpet-bags, Weel, sit thee down, an' hark what I've to say.It's ...
I geet up a-milkin' this mornin',- I geet up afore it wur leet;I ne'er slept a minute for ...
I've lived all my life i' Keighley, I'm a Yorkshire artisan;An' when I were just turned seventy I ...
Why! Bobbie, so thou's coom agean! I'm fain to see thee here;It's lang sin I've set een on thee, ...
T' ground rises brantly to nor'-east,Wi' t' walls zigzaggin' ower t' intake-T' walls 'at wur builded first by t' Danes,Girt ...
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