And Willy's wife has written, she never was over-wise. NORTHERN FARMER. OLD STYLE. 1. WHEER 'asta beän saw long and meä liggin' 'ere aloän? Noorse? thoort nowt o' a noorse: whoy, Doctor's abeän an' agoän Says that I moänt 'a naw moor aäle: but I beänt a fool : Git ma my aäle, fur I beänt a-gooin' to break my rule. II. Doctors, they knaws nowt, fur a says what's nawways true : I've 'ed my point o' aäle ivry noight sin' I beän 'ere, III. Parson's a beän loikewoise, an' a sittin' 'ere o' my bed. 'The amoighty's a taäkin o' you to 'issén, my friend,' a said, An' a towd ma my sins, an's toithe were due, an' I gied it in hond I done moy duty boy 'um, as I 'a done boy the lond. IV. Larn'd a ma' beä. I reckons I 'annot sa mooch to larn. But a cast oop, thot a did, 'boot Bessy Marris's barne. Thaw a knaws I hallus voäted wi' Squoire an' choorch an' staäte, An' i' the woost o' toimes I wur niver agin the raäte. V. An' I hallus coom'd to 's choorch afoor moy Sally wur deäd, An' 'eerd 'um a bummin' awaäy loike a buzzard-clock ower my 'eäd, An' I niver knaw'd whot a meän'd but I thowt a 'ad summut to saäy, An' I thowt a said whot a owt to 'a said an' I coom'd awaäy. VI. Bessy Marris's barne! tha knaws she laäid it to meä. Mowt a beän, mayhap, for she wur a bad un, sheä. 'Siver, I kep 'um, I kep 'um, my lass, tha mun understond; I done moy duty boy 'um as I 'a done boy the lond. VII. But Parson a comes an' a goos, an' a says it easy an' freeä I weänt saäy men be loiars, thaw summun said it in 'aäste : But 'e reads wonn sarmin a weeäk, an' I 'a stubb'd Thurnaby waäste. VIII. D'ya moind the waäste, my lass? naw, naw, tha was not born then; Theer wur a boggle in it, I often 'eerd 'um mysen ; Moäst loike a butter-bump,2 fur I 'eerd 'um aboot an' aboot, But I stubb'd 'um oop wi' the lot, an' raäved an' rembled 'um oot. XIII. A mowt 'a taäen owd Joänes, as 'ant nor a 'aäpoth o' sense, XIV. Loook 'ow quoloty smoiles when they seeäs ma a passin' boy, Says to thessen naw doubt 'what a man a beä sewer-loy!' Fur they knaws what I bean to Squoire sin fust a coom'd to the 'All; I done moy duty by Squoire an' I done moy duty boy hall. XV. Squoire's i' Lunnon, an' summun I reckons 'ull 'a to wroite, XVI. But summun 'ull come ater meä mayhap wi' 'is kittle o' steäm XVII. What atta stannin' theer fur, an' doesn bring ma the aäle? I weänt break rules fur Doctor, a knaws naw moor nor a floy; NORTHERN FARMER. NEW STYLE. I. DOSN'T thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaäy? Proputty, proputty, proputty-that's what I 'ears 'em saäy. II. Woä-theer's a craw to pluck wi' tha, Sam: yon's parson's 'ouse-- This week. III. Me an' thy muther, Sammy, 'as beän a-talkin' o' thee; Thou'll not marry for munny-thou's sweet upo' parson's lass- IV. Seeä'd her todaäy goä by-Saäint's-daäy-they was ringing the bells. Them as 'as munny an' all-wot's a beauty?—the flower as blaws. 1 V. Do'ant be stunt: taäke time: I knaws what maäkes tha sa mad. VI. An' I went wheer munny war: an' thy muther coom to 'ard, Maäybe she warn't a beauty :-I niver giv it a thowt But warn't she as good to cuddle an' kiss as a lass as 'ant nowt? VII. Parson's lass 'ant nowt, an' she weänt 'a nowt when 'e's dead, VIII. An thin 'e coom'd to the parish wi' lots o' Varsity debt, Stook to his taaïl they did, an' 'e 'ant got shut on 'em yet. An' 'e ligs on 'is back i' the grip, wi' noän to lend 'im a shove, Woorse nor a far-welter'd3 yowe: fur, Sammy, 'e married fur luvv. IX. Luvy? what's luvv? thou can luvv thy lass an' 'er munny too, Maakin' 'em goä togither as they've good right to do. Could'n I luvv thy muther by cause o' 'er munny laaïd by? Naäy-fur I luvv'd 'er a vast sight moor fur it: reason why. X. Ay an' thy muther says thou wants to marry the lass, Cooms of a gentleman burn: an' we boäth on us thinks tha an ass. Woä then, proputty, wiltha?-an ass as near as mays nowt — Woä then, wiltha? dangtha!--the bees is as fell as owt." Obstinate. Earn. Or fow-welter'd,- said of a sheep lying on its back in the furrow. |