Folk-Speech of Cumberland and Some Districts Adjacent / Being Short Stories and Rhymes in the Dialects of the West Border Counties

by Alexander Craig Gibson

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SANNTER, BELLA!

Sannter, Bella!—Bliss the’, sannter,

Th’u’ll be seun aneuf at heàm;

Gā’n frae t’ chūrch at sec a cannter,

Fwoke ’ll sweer th’u’s thinkin’ shām’—

Shām’ ’at I sud woak aside the’!

Does t’e, Bella, shām’ o’ me?

Whey than, bide the’, dar it, bide the’!—

Few’s sa leet o’ t’ feut as thee.