Th’ State O’ Th’ Poll. A Nop Tickle Illusion (John Hartley Poems)
Sal Sanguine wor a bonny lass, Ov that yo may be sewer;Shoo had her trubbles tho', alas! An th' biggest wor her ...
John Hartley Poems on Wit (16 Poems)
A Brussen Bubble (John Hartley Poems)
Bet wor a stirrin, strappin lass, Shoo lived near Woodus Moor;--An varry keen shoo wor for brass, Tho little wor her stoor.Shoo'd ...
Let Th’ Lasses Alooan! (John Hartley Poems)
What a lot ov advice ther is wasted;-- What praichin is all thrown away;--Young fowk lang for pleasures untasted, An its little ...
A Sad Mishap (John Hartley Poems)
"Come, John lad, tell me what's to do, Tha luks soa glum an sad;Is it becoss tha'rt short o' brass? Or are ...
Tom Grit (John Hartley Poems)
He'd a breet ruddy face an a laffin e'e,An his shoolders wer brooad as brooad need be;For each one he ...
Little Sunshine (John Hartley Poems)
Winsome, wee and witty, Like a little fay,Carolling her ditty All the livelong day,Saucy as a sparrow In the summer glade,Flitting o'er the ...
On The Banks Of The Calder (John Hartley Poems)
On Calder's green banks I stroll sadly and lonely, The flowers are blooming, the birds singing sweet,The river's low murmur seems ...
Somdy’s Chonce (John Hartley Poems)
What's a poor lass like me to do, 'At langs for a hooam ov her own?Aw'm a hale an bonny wench ...
Bonny Yorksher (John Hartley Poems)
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' ...
A Warnin (John Hartley Poems)
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 Wife (John Hartley Poems)
Wod yo leead a happy life? Aw can show yo ha,--Get a true an lovin wife,-- (Yo may have one nah.)If yo ...
A Quiet Tawk (John Hartley Poems)
"Nah, lass, caar thi daan, an let's have a chat,-- It's long sin we'd th' haase to ussen;Just give me thi ...
Th’ Demon O’ Debt (John Hartley Poems)
We read ov a man once possessed ov a devil, An pity his sorrowful case;But at this day we fancy we're ...
Cash V. Cupid (John Hartley Poems)
Aw dooat on a lass wi' a bonny face, Wi' a twinkle ov fun in her ee;--An aw like a lass ...
Awr Annie (John Hartley Poems)
Saw yo that lass wi' her wicked een? That's awr Annie.Shoo's th' pet o'th' haase, we call her 'queen,'Shoo's th' bonniest ...
All Tawk (John Hartley Poems)
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 ...