Billy Bumble’s Bargain (John Hartley Poems)
Young Billy Bumble bowt a pig, Soa aw've heeard th' neighbors say;An monny a mile he had to trig One sweltin' summer ...
Young Billy Bumble bowt a pig, Soa aw've heeard th' neighbors say;An monny a mile he had to trig One sweltin' summer ...
'Aw'm havin' a smook bi misel', Net a soul here to spaik a word to, Aw've noa gossip to hear nor to ...
Once in a little country taan A grocer kept a shop,And sell'd amang his other things, Prime traitle-drink and pop;Teah, coffee, currans, ...
Nah chaps, pray dooant think it's a sarmon awm praichin, If aw tell yo some nooations at's entered mi pate;For ther's ...
Awm havin a smook bi misel, Net a soul here to spaik a word to,Awve noa gossip to hear nor to ...
Sin Leeds wor a city it puts on grand airs,An aw've noa wish to bother wi' others' affairs;'At they've mich ...
Yo fowk 'at's some brass to invest, Luk sharp an mak th' best ov yor chonce!Aw'll gie yo a tip,--one o'th' ...
They say 'at its a waste o' brass--a nasty habit too,--A thing 'at noa reight-minded chap wod ivver think to ...
A gradely chap wor uncle Ben As iver lived ith' fowd:He made a fortun for hissen, An' lived on't when he'r owd.His ...
They're all buildin nests for thersen, One bi one they goa fleetin away;A suitable mate comes,--an then, I'th' old nest they noa ...
A'a dear, what it is to be big! To be big i' one's own estimation,To think if we shake a lawse ...
A'a, Johnny! a'a, Johnny! aw'm sooary for thee! But come thi ways to me, an' sit o' mi knee. For it's shockin' ...
'A, Johnny! A'a, Johnny! aw'm sooary for thee!But come thi ways to me, an sit o' mi knee;For it's shockin ...
Awm noa radical, liberal nor toory, Awm a plain spokken, hard-workin man;Aw cooart nawther fame, wealth nor glory, But try to do ...
Some fowk ivverlastinly grummel, At th' world an at th' fowk ther is in it;If across owt 'at's pleasant they stummel, They ...
His face wor varry thin an pale, His een wor strangely breet;His old rags flapt i'th' wintry gale, An shooless wor his ...
What matters if some fowk deride, An point wi' a finger o' scorn?Th' time wor tha wor lukt on wi' pride, Befooar ...
Hold up yer heads, tho' at poor workin men Simple rich ens may laff an' may scorn; May be they ne'er haddled ...
Hold up yer heeads, tho' at poor workin men Simple rich ens may laff an may scorn;Maybe they ne'er haddled ther ...
Some tawk becoss they think they're born Wi' sich a lot o' wit;Some seem to tawk to let fowk know They're born ...
THOO knaws, dear Lord, I wurn't oneFor ever begging on Thee,'At when my lile sorrows cameI suffered silently;For folk so ...
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