Frederic William Moorman Door Poems

• 1. The Courting Gate
  There's dew upon the meadows,
  An' bats are wheelin' high;
  The sun has set an hour sin',
  An' evenin' leet's i' t' sky.
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• 2. The Hungry Forties
  Thou wants my vote, young man wi' t' carpet-bags,
  Weel, sit thee down, an' hark what I've to say.
  It's noan so varry oft wer kitchen flags
  Are mucked by real live lords down Yelland(1) way.
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• 3. Lile Doad
  The Lord's bin hard on me, Sir,
  He's stown my barn away.
  O dowly, dowly was that neet
  He stole lile Doad away!
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• 4. Cambodunum
  Cambodunum is the name of a Roman station, situated on a farm at Slack, on the hills above Huddersfield.
  
  
  Cambodunum, Cambodunum,
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• 5. One Year Older
  One yeer owder, one yeer dearer:
  That's what I sal awlus say.
  Draw thy chair a little nearer,
  Put yon stockin's reight away.
  ...

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