Yorkshire Dialect Poems F.W. Moorman Yorkshire Dialect Poems Table of Contents Yorkshire Dialect Poems..........................................................................................................................................1 F.W. Moorman...............................................................................................................................................2 Preface to Etext Edition.................................................................................................................................5 Preface............................................................................................................................................................6 Preface (To the Second Edition)....................................................................................................................7 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................8 Poems........................................................................................................................................................................17 A Yorkshire Dialogue between an awd Wife a Lass and a butcher. (1673)................................................18 An Honest Yorkshireman.............................................................................................................................20 From "Snaith Marsh" (1754)........................................................................................................................21 When at Hame wi' Dad................................................................................................................................22 I'm Yorkshire too.........................................................................................................................................24 The Wensleydale Lad...................................................................................................................................25 A Song 1.......................................................................................................................................................27 A Song 2.......................................................................................................................................................29 The Invasion: An Ecologue..........................................................................................................................30 Elegy on the Death of a Frog (1815)............................................................................................................33 Sheffield Cutler's Song (1887).....................................................................................................................35 Address to Poverty.......................................................................................................................................37 The Collingham Ghost.................................................................................................................................39 The Yorkshire Horse Dealers.......................................................................................................................43 The Lucky Dream........................................................................................................................................44 The Milkin'−Time........................................................................................................................................46 I Niver can call Her my Wife.......................................................................................................................47 Come to thy Gronny, Doy(1).......................................................................................................................49 Owd Moxy...................................................................................................................................................51 Dean't mak gam o' me (1875)......................................................................................................................53 Coom, stop at yam to−neet Bob...................................................................................................................55 Ode to t' Mooin............................................................................................................................................57 Aunt Nancy..................................................................................................................................................59 Coom, don on thy Bonnet an' Shawl (1867)................................................................................................61 My awd hat...................................................................................................................................................62 Reeth Bartle Fair(1) (1870)..........................................................................................................................63 The Christmas Party (1876).........................................................................................................................65 Nelly o' Bob's...............................................................................................................................................69 Bite Bigger...................................................................................................................................................70 Rollickin' Jack..............................................................................................................................................72 Jim's Letter...................................................................................................................................................73 A Yorkshire Farmer's Address to a Schoolmaster.......................................................................................75 The Window on the Cliff Top (1888)..........................................................................................................77 Aar Maggie..................................................................................................................................................79 Parson Drew Thro' Pudsey...........................................................................................................................81 Pateley Reaces 1874.....................................................................................................................................84 Play Cricket (1909)......................................................................................................................................87 The File−cutter's Lament to Liberty (1910).................................................................................................88 A Kuss (1912)..............................................................................................................................................90 Huntin' Song.................................................................................................................................................92 Spring (1914)...............................................................................................................................................93 i Yorkshire Dialect Poems Table of Contents Yorkshire Dialect Poems Heam, Sweet Heam (1914)..........................................................................................................................95 Then an' Nae.................................................................................................................................................97 Owd England................................................................................................................................................99 Love and Pie...............................................................................................................................................101 I's Gotten t' Bliss (1914).............................................................................................................................102 A Natterin' Wife.........................................................................................................................................103 O! What do ye Wesh i' the Beck................................................................................................................104 Part II. Traditional Poems.......................................................................................................................................105 Cleveland Lyke−wake Dirge(1).................................................................................................................106 Cleveland Lyke−wake Dirge.....................................................................................................................108 A Dree Neet(1)...........................................................................................................................................110 The Bridal Bands.......................................................................................................................................113 The Bridal Garter(1)...................................................................................................................................114 Nance and Tom..........................................................................................................................................115