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F W Moorman

I lived from 1879-1919. I was from England, and am in the English category.

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  • The Bells of Kirkby Overblow
    Draw back my curtains, Mary,
        An' oppen t' windey wide;
    61 lines
  • A Dalesman's Litany
    It's hard when fowks can't finnd their wark
        Wheer they've bin bred an' born;
    53 lines, 1 comment
  • Lile Dode
    The Lord's bin hard on me, Sir,
        He's stown my barn away.
    44 lines
  • The Artist
    Lang-haired gauvies(1) coom my way, drawin' t' owd abbey an' brig,
        All their crack is o' Art-staities an' picturs an'
    33 lines
  • Cambodunum
    Cambodunum, Cambodunum,
        how I love the sound o' t' name!
    148 lines
  • His Last Sail
    GRANDFATHER
    T' watter is blue i' t' offin',
    75 lines
  • The New Englishman
    I've lived all my life i' Keighley,
        I'm a Yorkshire artisan;
    68 lines
  • The Hungry Forties
    Thou wants my vote, young man wi' t' carpet-bags,
        Weel, sit thee down, an' hark what I've to say.
    63 lines
  • The Flower of Wensleydale
    She leaned o'er her latticed casement,
    The Flower of Wensleydale;
    133 lines
  • Our Beck
    I niver heerd its name; we call it just "Our beck."
        Mebbe, there's bigger streams down Ripon way;
    53 lines
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