CHAPTER XV
ODD SCRAPS OF OLD YORKSHIRE, ETC.
SONG.
[Published at Bedale, 1800-1815.]
When Ah war a wee lahtle tottering bairn,
An’ ‘ed nobbut just gitten sho’t frocks,
When ti gan[81] Ah at fo’st war beginnin’ ti larn,
O’ mah bru[82] Ah gat monny hard knocks;
Foor sae waak an’ sae silly an’ helpless war Ah,
Ah war awlus a tumm’ling doon then,
Whahl mah muther wad twattle ma gently, an’ cry,