Transcribed from the 1902 (10th edition) by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Local Studies, Bradford Central Library, for allowing their copy of the pamphlet to be transcribed.
tenth edition.
Th’ HISTORY o’
HAWORTH RAILWAY
fra’ th’
beginnin’ to th’ end,
wi’ an ackaant o’ th’
OPPNIN’ SERRIMONY.
—o—
Bi Bill o'th' Hoylus End.
On hearing this, the Haworth foalk
Began to think it wor no joak,
An’ wisht’ at greedy kaa ma’ choak,
’At swallowed th’ plan o’th railway.
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PREFACE TO THE TENTH EDITION.
The Author of this well-known, amusing, and celebrated pamphlet was born on the 22nd March, 1836, at a place midway between Keighley and Haworth, called Hoylus End in a simple cottage near the Whins Delf, at the terminus of the quaint old hamlet known as Hermit Hole, in the Parish of Bingley. He began early in life to write songs and uncouth rhymes, and even as a boy He wrote satires so caustic that they are remembered even to the present day.
However, the Haworth Railway cropped up, and this found him ample food for his pen; and as this is the Tenth Edition of the work it is clear that it is still in popular favour.
Th’ History o’ Haworth Railway,
Fra’ th’ Beginning to th’ End.
