DARBY AN’ JOAN AN’ THEIR DAUGHTER NELL.
A Dialogue by W. Hird.
[Date 1800-15. Published at Bedale.]
Darby.
Joan! Ah noo ’ev thowt seea mich about it,
Ah seearly nivver mair s’all doot it;
At moorn an’ neet, an’ neet an’ moorn,
Ah sumtahms wish Ah’d ne’er been born.
Joan.
Whya, Darby, prethee, let ma see,