The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire / Transcribed from Private Manuscripts, Rare Broadsides, and Scarce Publications; with Notes and a Glossary

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An' nean ivver stopp't to pay.

And Jerry wha kept the public house,

An' sell'd gud yal to all,

Curs'd the ghost wi' hearty gud will,

For neabody stopp'd to call.

It made sike a noise all round aboot,

That folks com far to see;

Sum sed it was a dreadful thing,

An' sum sed it was a lee.