1. Good. 2. Third lad on the farm. 3. Boots.

1. Good. 2. Third lad on the farm. 3. Boots.

I's Gotten t' Bliss (1914)

George H. Cowling

I's gotten t' bliss o' moonten-tops to-neet, Thof I's i' bondage noo, an' blinnd an' deeaf. Brethren, I's stoun(1)! an' fand it varry sweet, Sea strike my neame off, if't be your belief I's slidin' back. Last neet, as I were shoggin'(2) on up t' street, I acted t' thief.

Ye think I's hardened. Ay! I see ye lewvk. I stell't,(3) it's true; bud, brethren, I'll repay. I'll pay back ten-foad iverything I tewk, An' folks may say whate'er they like to say. It were a kiss, An' t' lass has promised iv oar ingle-newk To neame t' day.

1. Stolen. 2. Jogging 3. Stole.

A Natterin' Wife

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'(1) 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.