Winsome, wee and witty, Like a little fay, Carolling her ditty All the livelong day, Saucy as a sparrow In the summer glade, Flitting o'er the meadow Came the little maid....
I've been sitting reviewing the past, dear wife, From the time when a toddling child, - Through my boyish days with their joys and strife, - Through my youth with its passions wild....
Shoo wor a bonny, bonny lass, Her e'en as black as sloas; Her hair a flyin thunner claad, Her cheeks a blowin rooas. Her smile coom like a sunny gleam Her cherry lips to curl;...
Love - love - love - love, - A tiny hand in a tiny glove; A witching smile that means, - well, - well, Whether little or much its hard to tell. A tiny foot and a springy tread,...
Th' swallows are buildin ther nests, Jenny, Th' springtime has come with its flowers; Th' fields in ther greenest are drest, Jenny, An th' songsters mak music ith' bowers. Daisies an buttercups smile, Jenny,...
Let's love one another, it's better bi far; Mak peace wi yor Brother - it's better nor war! Life's rooad's rough enuff, - let's mak it mooar smooth, Let's sprinkle awr pathway wi kindness an love....
Aw've travelled East, West, North, an South, An led a rooamin' life; Aw've met wi things ov stirlin' worth, Aw've shared wi joy an strife; Aw've kept a gooid stiff upper lip, Whativver's come to pass:...
Let us have a jolly spree, An wi' joy an harmonie, Let the merry moments flee, For mi love's come back. O, the days did slowly pass, When awd lost mi little lass, But nah we'll have a glass,...
Fairest lass amang the monny, Hair as black as raven, O. Net another lass as bonny, Lives i'th' dales ov Craven, O. City lasses may be fairer, May be donned i' silks an laces,...
Come lassie be stirrin, for th' lark's up ith' lift, An th' dew drops are hastin away; An th' mist oth' hillside is beginnin to shift, An th' flaars have all wakkened for th' day....
Aw've nowt agean mi naybors, An aw wod'nt have it sed 'At aw wor cross an twazzy, For aw'm kind an mild asteead. But ther's an end to patience, E'en Job knew that aw'm sewer; -...
Awm nobbut a poor workin man, An mi wage leeavs me little to spare; But aw strive to do th' best 'at aw can, An tho' poor, yet aw nivver despair. 'At aw live bi hard wark is mi booast,...
Little linnet, - stop a minnit, - Let me have a tawk with thee: Tell me what this life has in it, Maks thee seem so full o' glee? Why is pleasure i' full measure, Thine throo rooasy morn to neet,...
Aw like to see a lot o' lads All frolicsome an free, An hear ther noisy voices, As they run an shaat wi' glee; But if ther's onny sooart o' lad Aw like better nor another,...
Th' last month o' th' year; an' ther's summat rayther sorrowful abaat th' last o' owt, exceptin' trouble; an' still to me ther's allus summat varry interestin' abaat owt at's "th' last." Aw've watched men when they've been buil...
Young Harry wor a single chap, An wod have lots o' tin, An monny a lass had set her cap, This temptin prize to win. But Harry didn't want a wife, He'd rayther far be free;...
How should I know, That day when first we met, I Would be a day I never can forget? And yet 'tis so. That clasp of hands that made my heartstrings thrill,...