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' ...
Ther's a spark just o'th tip o' mi pen,An' it may be poetical fire;An' suppoase 'at it is'nt--what then?Wod yo ...
He'd had his share ov ups an daans, His sprees an troubles too;Ov country joys an life i' taans, He'd run th' ...
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 ...
It's hard what poor fowk mun put up wi'! What insults an snubs they've to tak!What bowin an scrapin's expected, If a ...
Aw've a treasure yo'd laff if yo saw, But its mem'ries are dear to mi heart;For aw've oft seen it stuck ...
"Sup up thi gill, owd Peter Prime, Tha'st have a pint wi' me;It's worth a bob at onny time To have a ...
Ov whooalsum food aw get mi fill,--Ov drink aw seldom want a gill;Aw've clooas to shield me free throo harm,Should ...
What's a poor lass like me to do, 'At langs for a hooam ov her own?Aw'm a hale an bonny wench ...
Aw like fowrk to succeed i' life if they've an honest aim,An even if they chonce to trip awm varry ...
Varry monny years ago, when this world wor rather young,A varry wicked sarpent, wi' a varry oily tongue,Whispered summat varry ...
What tho' th' claads aboon luk dark, Th' sun's just waitin to peep throo;Let us buckle to awr wark, For ther's lots ...
Bonny Yorksher! how aw love thi! Hard an rugged tho' thi face is;Ther's an honest air abaat thi, Aw ne'er find i' ...
Young Harry wor a single chap, An wod have lots o' tin,An monny a lass had set her cap, This temptin prize ...
Why the dickens do some fowk keep thrustin, As if th' world hadn't raam for us all?Wi consarn an consait they're ...
Another!--well, my bonny lad, A'w wodn't send thee back;Altho' we thowt we hadn't raam, Tha's fun some in a crack.It maks me ...
Lads an lasses lend yor ears Unto an old man's rhyme,Dooant hurry by an say wi' sneers, It's all a waste o' ...
I shall never forget the day, Annie, When I bid thee a fond adieu;With a careless good bye I left thee, For ...
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 ...
A'a, Willie, lad, aw'm fain to hear Tha's won a wife at last;Tha'll have a happier time next year, Nor what tha's ...
Jenny, Jenny, dry thi ee, An' dunnot luk soa sad;It grieves me varry mich to see Tha freeats abaat yon lad;For weel ...
Aw like to see a lot o' lads All frolicsome an free,An hear ther noisy voices, As they run an shaat wi' ...
Oh, isn't it nice to be somebody's?-- Somebody's darling and pet,To be shrined in the heart of a dear one, Whose absence ...
None ever knew I had wronged her, That secret she kept to the end.None knew that our ties had been stronger, Than ...
Mak th' best on't,--mak th' best on't,--tho' th' job be a bad en, God bless mi life! childer, its useless to ...
Give it 'em hot, an be hanged to ther feelins! Souls may be lost wol yor choosin' yor words!Out wi' them ...
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