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Yorkshire Dialect Poems Part 24

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Tak a stick an' knock him daan, That's the way to Chapeltaan.

The Lady-bird

Cow-lady, cow-lady, hie thy way wum,(1) Thy haase is afire, thy childer all gone; All but poor Nancy, set under a pan, Weyvin' gold lace as fast as shoo can.

1. Home.

The Magpie

I cross'd pynot,(1) an' t' pynot cross'd me.

T' devil tak t' pynot an' G.o.d save me. .

1. Magpie.

Tell-pie-t.i.t, Thy tongue's slit, An ivery dog i' t' toon 'll get a bit.

The Bat

Black-black-bearaway Coom doon by hereaway.

The Snail

Sneel, sneel, put oot your horn, Your fayther an' muthel'll gie ye some corn.

Hallams.h.i.+re

When all the world shall be aloft, Then Hallams.h.i.+re shall be G.o.d's croft.

Winkabank and Templebrough Will buy all England through an' through.

Harrogate(1)

When lords an' ladies stinking water soss,(2) High brigs o' stean the Nidd sal cross.

An' a toon be built on Harrogate moss.

1. Attributed to Mother s.h.i.+pton. 2. Gulp.

The River Don

The shelvin', slimy river Don Each year a daughter or a son.(1)

1. Compare the Dartmoor rhyme:

River of Dart, oh! river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart.

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