"O, you shall live in a great stone hall,
In a parkland fair and wide,
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"THOO knaws, dear Lord, I wurn't one
For ever begging on Thee,
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'My stead's far end o' neeawheer,
Neea lass wud care to settle there:
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(DEDICATED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE YORKSHIRE SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND)
NORTH Country Dales!
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A lile wind kindly blaws to-day;
They're takin' Dick, fra' ower t' way,
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Aa! sich a gale
Will bring doon mony owd trees in t' dale.
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Ah's coomin' back fra' furrin parts,
An', Aa! Ah's varra fain
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An old dalewoman speaks:
"JAPONICA! Ay, it makes a brave show,
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BEFORE I left I planted twenty
Ruby hawthorns, they’d be plenty
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By Yorkshire moor, by Yorkshire dale,
We've wandered mony a league,
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BY Yorkshire moor, by Yorkshire dale,
We've wandered mony a league,
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Child: reet ower t' brow
O' Warlock Rise
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COOM, Cush-Luve, coom, thoo should be in thi byre
By t' edge o' dark,
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Darby speaks
ALISON, don thi bonnet,
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DON'T go there at cockshut. None on us go
By yon track, for it's haunted. Didn't you know-
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Eh! Thoo’s a seet wi’ thi bandaged head
An’ collar-bone broke! Why do lads play
7 lines, 1 comment
EMMA JANE, Emma Jane, did iver you see
Likes o' her! Some folk is terrible proud
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FARMER SYKES speaks his mind:
Do you think your wireless and aeroplanes
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FORGET 'at iver I ran barefoot
An' danced round a brushwood fire,
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Granny Mat: Doves are in ther cotes,
T' cow is
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Ho! my Jerry, to-day we go
Afore sun-up, afore cock-crow,
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HOW mony times have I told thee
Niver to fasten t' stable door
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How's the wind, Skipper?
"It's nobbut a leet air;
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I ALLUS hated goin' to t' kirk,
An' preachin' doant do owt
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I am here in Wensleydale
Waiting fur a letter,
11 lines, 3 comments
I DIDN'T knaw neets could be lonesome,
'At day could be too long,
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I have a kitlin black as neet,
A canty kit wi' ways sae sweet.
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I MAY not call thee "Sweetheart,"
"My ain, my dearest Dear,"
16 lines, 1 comment
I SIT aside thi Croodle Beck
Watchin' its waiters flow,
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