THE NORTHERN FARMER.

NEW STYLE.

I.

DOSN'T thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaäy? Proputty, proputty, proputty - that's what I 'ears 'em

saäy.

Proputty, proputty, proputty - Sam, thou 's an ass for thy paains;

Theer's moor sense i' one o' 'is legs nor in all thy braaïns.

II.

Woä - theer 's a craw to pluck wi' tha, Sam: yon's Time to think on it then; for thou'll be twenty to

Me an' thy muther, Sammy, 'as beän a-talkin' o' thee;

Thou 's been talkin' to muther, an' she beän a tellin' it

me.

Thou 'll not marry for munny - thou 's sweet upo' par

Noä - thou 'll marry fur luvv - an' we boäth on us

thinks tha an ass.

IV.

Seeä'd her todaäy goä by - Saäint's-daäy - thay was

But proputty, proputty sticks, an' proputty, proputty

V.

Do'ant be stunt *: taäke time: I knaws what maäkes

tha sa mad.

Warn't I craäzed fur the lasses mysén when I wur a lad?

But I knaw'd a Quaäker feller as often 'as towd ma this : "Doänt thou marry for munny, but goä wheer munny is!"

VI.

An' I went wheer munny war: an' thy mother coom to 'and,

Wi' lots o' munny laaïd by, an' a nicetish bit o' land. Maäybe she warn't a beauty: - I niver giv it a thowt But warn't she as good to cuddle an' kiss as a lass as 'ant nowt?

VII.

Parson's lass 'ant nowt, an' she weänt 'a nowt when 'e 's

deäd,

Mun be a guvness, lad, or summut, and addle † her breäd : Why? fur 'e 's nobbut a curate, an' weänt nivir git naw

'igher;

An''e maäde the bed as 'e ligs on afoor 'e coom'd to

the shire.

VIII.

And thin 'e coom'd to the parish wi' lots o' 'Varsity debt, Stook to his taaïl they did, an' 'e 'ant got shut on 'em yet. An' 'e ligs on 'is back i' the grip, wi' noän to lend 'im a shove,

Woorse nor a far-welter'd * yowe: fur, Sammy, 'e mar

Luvv? what's luvv? thou can luvv thy lass an' 'er

munny too,

Maakin' 'em goä togither as they 've good right to do.

Could'n I luvv thy muther by cause o' 'er munny laaïd

Naäy

by ?

fur I luvv'd 'er a vast sight moor fur it: reason why.