One neet aw went hooam, what time aw can't tell, But it must ha been lat, for awd th' street to mysel. Furst one clock, then t'other, kept ringin aght chimes, Aw wor gaumless, a chap will get gaumless sometimes....
It wor Kursmiss day, - we wor ready for fun, Th' puddin wor boil'd an th' rooast beef wor done; Th' ale wor i'th' cellar, an th' spice-cake i'th' bin, An th' cheese wor just lively enuff to walk in....
Tha'rt a rough en; - aye tha art, - an aw'll bet Just as ready. Tha ne'er lived as a pet, Aw can tell. Ther's noa mistress weshed thi skin, cooam'd thi heead; Net mich pettin; kicks an cuffins oft asteead,...
Why lad, awm sewer tha'rt ommost done, This ovvertime is killin; 'Twor allus soa sin th' world begun, They put o' them at's willin. Tha's ne'er a neet to call thi own, - Tha starts furst thing o' Mundy,...
A'a! its grand to have th' place to yorsen! To get th' wimmen fowk all aght o'th' way! Mine's all off for a trip up to th' Glen, An aw've th' haase to misen for a day. ...
Her ladyship's getten a babby, - An they're makkin a famous to do, - They say, - Providence treated her shabby - Shoo wor fairly entitled to two. But judgin bi th' fuss an rejoicin,...
May is abaat th' warst pairt o'th' year for a wed chap, for he connot walk aat, an' he cannot be comfortable at hooam, becoss it's th' cleeanin' daan time. Talk abaat weshin' days! they're fooils to cleeanin' days. Buckstun lim...
Coortin days, - Coortin days, - loved one an lover! What wod aw give if those days could come ovver? Weddin is joyous, - its pleasur unstinted; But coortin is th' sweetest thing ivver invented....
Little patt'rin, clatt'rin feet, Runnin raand throo morn to neet; Banishin mi mornin's nap, - Little bonny, noisy chap, - But aw can't find fault yo see, - For he's Dad's lad an he loves me. ...
Down in the deeps of dark despair and woe; - Of Death expectant; - Hope I put aside; Counting the heartbeats, slowly, yet more slow, - Marking the lazy ebb of life's last tide....
"Gooid gracious!" cried Susy, one fine summer's morn, "Here's a bonny to do! aw declare! Aw wor nivver soa capt sin th' day aw wor born! Aw neer saw sich a seet at a fair. ...
Ditherum dump lived i'th' haase behund th' pump, An he grummel'd throo mornin to neet, On his rig he'd a varry respectable hump, An his nooas end wor ruddy an breet....
Aw've a rare lump o' beef on a dish, We've some bacon 'at's hung up o' th' thack, We've as mich gooid spice-cake as we wish, An wi' currens its varry near black; We've a barrel o' gooid hooam brewed drink,...
Dooant forget the old fowks, - They've done a lot for thee; Remember tha'd a mother once, Who nursed thi on her knee. A father too, who tew'd all day To mak thi what tha art,...
As through life you journey onward Many a hill you'll have to climb; Many a rough and dang'rous pathway, You'll encounter time and time. Now and then a gleam of sunshine,...
When yo see a chap covered wi' rags, An hardly a shoe to his fooit, Gooin sleawshin along ovver th' flags, Wi' a pipe in his maath black as sooit; An he tells yo he's aght ov a job,...
Said Mistress Smith to Mistress Green, Aw'm feeard we'st ha to flit; Twelve year i' this same haase we've been, An should be stoppin yet, I'th' same old spot, we thowt to spend...