In this installment we travel to ye olde Yorkshire. Here is a selection of poems and lyrics in the Yorkshire dialect, accompanied by antique illustrations of Yorkshire. The poems come from “Yorkshire Dialect Poems” edited by F.W. Moorman (no date given, it appears to be circa 1911, with many poems dating earlier). All illustrations come from “Yorkshire Painted and Described” by Gordon Home (also undated, appears late 19th or early 20th century). I hope very much that you enjoy.
– Carolyn
(originally published in Celtic Guide's November 2013 issue)
– Carolyn
(originally published in Celtic Guide's November 2013 issue)
 An Autumn Day at Guisborough | A Natterin' Wife by George H. Cowling The parson, the squire an' the divil Are troubles at trouble this life, Bud each on em's dacent an' civil Compared wi' a natterin' wife. A wife at mun argie an' natter, She maks a man's mortal life hell. An' that's t' gospel-truth o' t' matter, I knaws, 'cause I's got yan misel. |
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