(DEDICATED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE YORKSHIRE SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND)NORTH Country Dales! We, who have knownYour fells and your ...
Granny Mat: Doves are in ther cotes, T' cow ...
An old dalewoman speaks:"JAPONICA! Ay, it makes a brave show,But none on 'em grow as they used to grow!It's goin' ...
MRS. HARDCASTLE; Will's back again.MARY JANE: What do I care? ...
SOME neets are made for courtin',Neets when a new-born moonLies like a bairn in a creddle o' treesAn' rockin' sounds ...
SETTLE doon, my Poppet joy,Noo t' birds an' t' beasts are sleepin',Settle doon, my bonnie boy,T' breet stars ther watch ...
Child: reet ower t' brow O' Warlock Rise ...
A lile wind kindly blaws to-day;They're takin' Dick, fra' ower t' way,To Dallow. Dick 'ud be reet fainTo rest theer, ...
O, you shall live in a great stone hall,In a parkland fair and wide,With many a servant to do your ...
DON'T go there at cockshut. None on us goBy yon track, for it's haunted. Didn't you know-Up on Scragg Head ...
JanuaryWHEN snow's on topsAn' hearths are cheery,At a merry-makingChoose thi dearie.FebruaryWhen birds beginTo chirp "Be mine!"Ask her to beThi Valentine.MarchWhen ...
T' ground rises brantly to nor'-east,Wi' t' walls zigzaggin' ower t' intake-T' walls 'at wur builded first by t' Danes,Girt ...
Thoo doesn't think I luve theeTho' I write thee every dayWi' all t' larnin' 'at I have!I'll finnd anuther way:I'll ...
'My stead's far end o' neeawheer,Neea lass wud care to settle there:Afore she died, my mother said,"It's time, dear lad, ...
Ah's coomin' back fra' furrin parts,An', Aa! Ah's varra fainTo sec my lahl steean hooseIn Wensleydale again.It's grand to finnd ...
I'SE coomin' back fra' furrin parts,An', Aa! I'se varra fainTo see my lile steean hooseIn Wensleydale again.It's grand to finnd ...
JanuaryWhen snow's on topsan' hearths are cheery,at a merry makingchoose thi dearie.FebruaryWhen birds beginTo chirp "Be mine!"Ask her to beThi ...
Mother-in-law:IF I had knownAfore you wur wedT' sort that you wurI wud have saidLiefer nor wed youI'd see my son ...
THERE'S no better dog nor Hardcastle's Rake:Not a hundred guineas would Hardcastle take.For his wall-eyed dog: an' Ben is a ...
Aa! sich a galeWill bring doon mony owd trees in t' dale. Two purl an' two plain.I wish ...
FORGET 'at iver I ran barefootAn' danced round a brushwood fire,An' oot of our vardo window watchedStars dim a poplar ...
There's a dance to-night at the Institute.For the young men there I don't care a hoot;They look like pups with ...
No matter if things Go wrong at morn'Fore t'edge of dark Song is born.In murk o' cities ...
By Yorkshire moor, by Yorkshire dale,We've wandered mony a league,But niver known a rarer springNor one at Barden Brig.Day-springs when ...
MRS. CARTER speaks:We came oot here in '87, A lang, lang way ower sea;A renky chap wur my Bill an* ...
SO t' Doctor thinks 'at my time is nigh:But does yon gomerill knawThis is no time for a man to ...
IT'S nobbut a year Sin' Ruth Moore wur ridin'To tops by t'intake Wheer fox-cubs wur hidin';It's nobbut a year Sin ...
IT isn't fair to take my becks,My lile hidden tarn,My mossy springs, my waterfall,An' make all on 'em larnThi songs. ...
IT'S hard to see all bonnie thingsAlone 'at once we shared;Yon buddin' thorn, yon flutteringsOf blue-tits newly paired;Yon lapwing callin' ...
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