Legends, tales, and songs in the dialect of the peasantry of Gloucestershire, with several ballads and a glossary of words1877 |
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Pagina 20 - A bittle up thuck tree did clim, And scarnvully did look at him ; Zays he, 'Zur harnet, who giv thee A right to zet in thuck there tree ? Vor ael you zengs so nation vine, I tell 'e 'tis a house o...
Pagina 21 - Zo here th' sha'sn't put a claaw ! Be off, and leave the tree to me, The mixen's good enough for thee ! ' Just then a yuckel, passin' by, Was axed by them the cause to try;
Pagina 12 - It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Pagina 18 - Nell) A pretty wench, and I lov'd her well ; I lov'd her well, good reauzon why, Because zshe lov'd my dog and I.
Pagina 13 - Quaar," were the immediate followers of the Marquis of Worcester, who held out to the last steadfastly for the royal cause at Raglan Castle, which was not surrendered till 1646, and was, in fact, the last stronghold retained for the king. "His head did grow above his hair" was an allusion to the crown, the head of the State, and which the king wore "above his hair.
Pagina 14 - Royalists, the allusion to the mutual attachment between the " maid " and " my dog and I " is plain and consistent. " My dog has gotten zitch a trick To visit molds when thauy be zick; When thauy be zick and like to die, Oh, thether gwoes my dog and I.
Pagina 13 - before he died," boasted that notwithstanding his present adversity, the ancient constitution of the kingdom was so good and its vitality so great that it would surpass and outlive any other form of government, whether republican, despotic, or protective.
Pagina 18 - My mwother told I when I wur young, If I did vollow the strong beer pwoot, That drenk would pruv my auverdrow, And meauk me wear a thread-bare cwoat.
Pagina 69 - That ever he takes in hand; For we are all his servants, And all at his command. Drink, boys, drink, and see you do not spill, For if you do, you must drink two, — it is your master's will. Now our harvest is ended, And supper is past ; Here's our mistress' good health, In a full flowing glass!
Pagina 18 - When thauy be zick and like to die, O thether gwoes my dog and I. When I have dree zixpences under my thumb, O then I be welcome wherever I come ; But when I have none, O, then I pass by, — 'Tis poverty pearts good companie.