The Yorkshire Dialect: Exemplified in Various Dialogues, Tales, & Songs, Applicable to the County. To which is Added, a Glossary of Such Words as are Likely Not to be Understood by Those Unacquainted with the Dialect |
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aboot afoore ageean Ah knaw Ah think Ah thought Ah wor Ah'd Ah'll Ah's Ah've Airms alang awd deeame awlus beat em beeans behawf Blash bonny Bonny lass boorn Bud Ah cawd cleeas clooas coorn Darby deea deead deeath doon ECLOGUE eneeaf feeal fleer foorc'd fowks frae Franch gang gawvison Goorgy greeat heead hoorn Intack intot Joan Johnny lads lahtle lair lass Leea leeak leeave looan mack mair maister marry maund meead Mistean monny moorn munney mysen Neea neean neit nivver nobbut nowght nowther ommost on't onny ower pleeace Pocket-Book poor awd reeght Robin Roger sarvant scaud seea seeam seean shoon sike Simon Skeeal Squire thee ther thoo knaws thoo'll Thoo's thou thowght varra wark Weame weel Whah Willy Yatton Ye knaw ye pleease YORKSHIRE YORKSHIRE DIALECT
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Page 15 - A sweeper's lad was late o' th' neeght, His slap-shod shoon had leeam'd his feet ; He call'd to see a good awd deeame, 'At monny a time had trigg'd his weame ; (For he wor then fahve miles fra yam.) He ax'd i' t' lair te let him sleep, An' he'd next day their chimlers sweep.
Page 6 - an' ommost dead ; An' as they pick'd its een, and pick'd ageean, It just cud lift its leg, and give a greean ; But when I fand awd Daisy was their prey, I wav'd my hat, an' shoo'd 'em all away. Poor Dais ! — ye maund, she's now woorn fairly out. She's lang been quite hard sett te trail about. But yonder, Goorgy, loo' ye whoor she's laid, An' twea 'r three Nanpies chatt'rin owre her head.
Page 6 - Robert. Nay, marry, Goorgy, I seer I can't be wrang, You kno I've keyn'd awd Daisy now se lang ; Her bread-ratch'd feeace, an' twa white hinder legs, Preav'd it was hor, as seer as eggs is eggs.
Page 6 - I spy'd A scoore or mair o' crows by t' gutter side ; All se thrang, hoppin in, and hoppin out, I wonder'd what i' the warld they were about. I leuks, an' then I sees an awd yode laid, Gaspin' an' pantin
Page 23 - Yet vartue guides, an' still presides, Ower all mah steps an' passions, Neea coortly lear, bud all sincere, Neea bribe shall ivver blinnd me ; If thoo can like a Yorkshire tike, A rooague thoo'll nivver finnd me. Thof envy's tung, seea slimlee hung, Wad lee aboot oor country, Neea men o' t' eearth booastgreterwurth, Or mare extend ther boounty. Oor northern breeze wi...
Page 16 - Nur stopt at owt nur thin nur thick, Fully convinc'd it wor awd Nick. The sweeper lad then ran reeght seean T' t' hoose, an' tell'd 'em what wor deean : Maister an' men then quickly raise, An' ran te t' lair wi
Page 7 - Blakay brow, Or sticks fra't wood, or turves fra' Leaf how cow. My poor awd Daise! afoor I dig thy greeave, Thy weel-worn shoon I will for keep-seeakes seeave ; Thy hide, poor lass ! I'll hev it taun'd wi...
Page 6 - em all away. Poor Dais ! — ye maund, she's now woorn fairly out. She's lang been quite hard sett te trail about. But yonder, Goorgy, loo' ye whoor she's laid, An' twea 'r three Nanpies chatt'rin owre her head. Goorgy. Aye, marry! this I nivver wish'd to see, She's been se good, se true a frynd te me ? An' is thou cum te this, my poor awd meer ? Thou's been a trusty sarvant monny a year, An...
Page 7 - When cardin' woul or weshin' t' parlour fleer. Deep i' t' cawd yearth I will thy carcase pleeace, 'At thy poor beans may lig and restai' peeace ; Deep i' t" cawd yearth, "at dogs mayn't scrat thee out, An' rahve thy flesh, an' trail thy beeans about. Thou's been se faithful for se lang te me, Thou sannut at thy death neglected be ; Seyldom a Christian 'at yan now can fynd, ' Wad be mair trusty or mair true a frynd.
Page 6 - Robert, will ye gang ? Robert. I care nut, Goorgy, I han't much te dea, A good hour's labour, or may happen twea ; Bud as I nivver like to hing behynd When I can dea kaundness tiv a frynd, An' I can help ye wi my hand or team, I'll help to skin her, or to bring her heam.