1 Cockchafer. V. An' I hallus coom'd to 's chooch afoor moy Sally wur deäd, An' 'eärd 'um a bummin' awaäy loike a buzzard-clock1ower my 'eäd, VI. Bessy Marris's barne! tha knaws she laäid it to meä. VII. But Parson a cooms an' a goäs, an' a says it eäsy an' freeä I weänt saäy men be loiars, thaw summun said it in 'aäste: But 'e reäds 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; Moäst loike a butter-bump,2 fur I 'eärd 'um about an' about, But I stubb'd 'um oop wi' the lot, an' raäved an' rembled 'um out. IX. Keäper's it wur; fo' they fun 'um theer a-laäid of 'is faäce 4 X. Dubbut loook at the waäste: theer warn't not feeäd for a cow; Warnt worth nowt a haäcre, an' now theer's lots o' feeäd, XI. Nobbut a bit on it's left, an' I meän'd to 'a stubb'd it at fall, If godamoighty an' parson 'ud nobbut let ma aloän, Meä, wi' haäte hoonderd haäcre o' Squoire's, an' lond o' my oän. XII. Do godamoighty knaw what a's doing a-taäkin' o' meä? I beänt wonn as saws 'ere a beän an' yonder a peä; And I'a managed for Squoire coom Michaelmas thutty year. XIII. A mowt 'a taäen owd Joänes, as 'ant not a 'aäpoth o' sense, XIV. Loook 'ow quoloty smoiles when they seeäs ma a passin' boy, Fur they knaws what I beän to Squoire sin fust a coom'd to the 'All; 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? NORTHERN FARMER. NEW STYLE. I. DOSN'T thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaäy? II. Woa theer's a craw to pluck wi' tha, Sam: yon's parson's 'ouse - Q 1 This week. III. Me an' thy muther, Sammy, 'as beän a-talkin' o' thee; Thou's beän talkin' to muther, an' she beän a tellin' it me. IV. Seeä'd her todaäy goä by Saäint's-daäy they was ringing the bells. She's a beauty thou thinks-an' soä is scoors o' gells, Them as 'as munny an' all-wot's a beauty?- the flower as blaws. V. Do'ant be stunt: 1 taäke time: I knaws what maäkes tha sa mad.. Warn't I craäzed fur the lasses mysén when I wur a lad? But I knaw'd a Quaäker feller as often 'as towd ma this: ideaDoänt thou marry for munny, but goä wheer munny is!' VI. An' I went wheer munny war: an' thy muther coom to 'and, VII. Parson's lass 'ant nowt, an' she weänt 'a nowt when 'e's deäd, VIII. 'An thin 'e coom'd to the parish wi' lots o' Varsity debt, Stook to his taail 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 shuvv, IX. Luvv? what's luvv? thou can luvv thy lass an' 'er munny too, Maakin' 'em goä togither as they've good right to do. Couldn I luvv thy muther by cause o' 'er munny laaïd by? 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, wiltha? dangtha! - the bees is as fell as owt.5 1 Obstinate. 2 Earn. Makes nothing. 3 Or fow-welter'd, - said of a sheep lying on its back. The flies are as fierce as anything. XI. Breäk me a bit o' the esh for his 'eäd, lad, out o' the fence! If it isn't the saäme oop yonder, fur them as 'as it's the best. XII. Tis'n them as 'as munny as breaks into 'ouses an' steäls, XIII. Them or thir feythers, tha sees, mun 'a beän a laäzy lot, XIV. Loook thou theer wheer Wrigglesby beck cooms out by the 'ill! XV. Thim's my noätions, Sammy, wheerby I means to stick; |