Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series - To which is added The Cream of Wit and Humour - from his Popular Writings by John Hartley
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Throo them 'at live i' lofty stations?
What is it wins mooast situations? It's sooap. What is it men say they detest, Yet alus like that chap the best 'At gives 'em twice as mich as th' rest? It's sooap. What is it, when the devil sends His agents raand to work his ends, What is it gains him lots o' friends? It's sooap. What is it we should mooast despise, An' by its help refuse to rise, Tho' poverty's befoor awr eyes? It's sooap. What is it, when life's wastin' fast, When all this world's desires are past, Will prove noa use to us at last? It's sooap. Come thi Ways! Bonny lassie, come thi ways, |
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