Their Fred (John Hartley Poems)
"He's a nowt! If ther's owtAt a child shouldn't do, He mun try, Or know why,Befoor th' day's getten throo. An his dad, Ov his ...
"He's a nowt! If ther's owtAt a child shouldn't do, He mun try, Or know why,Befoor th' day's getten throo. An his dad, Ov his ...
What wor it made me love thee, lass? Aw connot tell;Aw know it worn't for thi brass;-- Tho' poor miselAw'd moor nor ...
Awm a young Yorksher lad as jolly an gay, As a lark on a sunshiny mornin,An Dolly's as fair as the ...
We read ov a man once possessed ov a devil, An pity his sorrowful case;But at this day we fancy we're ...
Th' sun wor settin,--red an gold, Wi splendor paintin th' west,An purplin tints throo th' valley roll'd, As daan he sank to ...
If yo've a fancy for a spree,Goa up to Lundun, same as me,Yo'll find ther's lots o' things to see, To ...
Little bonny, bonny babby, How tha stares, an' weel tha may,For its but an haar, or hardly, Sin' tha furst saw th' ...
Some fowk ivverlastinly grummel, At th' world an at th' fowk ther is in it;If across owt 'at's pleasant they stummel, They ...
As aw passed Wit'orth chapel 'twor just five o'clock,Aw'd mi can full o' teah, an a bundle o' jock;An aw ...
That old warmin pan wi' it's raand, brazzen face, Has hung thear for monny a day;'Twor mi Gronny's, an th' haase ...
Aw wodn't care to live at all, Unless aw could be jolly!Let sanctimonious skinflints call All recreation folly.Aw still believe this world ...
This world is net a paradise, Tho' railly aw dooant see,What fowk should growl soa mich abaat;-- Its gooid enuff for me.It's ...
Who is it, when one starts for th' dayA cheerin word is apt to say,At sends yo leeter on yor ...
Nay surelee tha's made a mistak; Tha'rt aght o' thi element here;Tha may weel goa an' peark up oth' thack, Thi bonny ...
O, the lasses, the lasses, God bless 'em!His heart must be hard as a stooan'At could willingly goa an distress ...
Bonny lassie, come thi ways, An let us goa together!Tho' we've met wi stormy days, Ther'll be some sunny weather.An if joy ...
When rich fowk are feastin, an poor fowk are grooanin, Ther's summat 'at connot be reight.Wol one lot are cheerin, another ...
If at hooam yo have to tew, Though yor comforts may be few,An yo think yore lot is hard, and yor ...
TO THE MARQUIS GINO CAPPONI. I was mistaken, my dear Gino. Long And greatly have I erred. I fancied life ...
It starts with the picture of my grandfather,machinegunned in his car, Packard De Luxe, 1923.A snapshot with poor composition, slightlyout ...
Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaäy? Proputty, proputty, proputty--that's what I 'ears 'em saäy. Proputty, proputty, ...
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