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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"


Naw dreams a had; or nif a had
MooA¤st pleasant dreams war thAc:
O' geese an goose-aggs, ducks and jitch;
Or Mally, vur awAc,
Zum gennelmen war dreavin by
In a gilded cawch za gAc;
ThAc zeed en lyin down asleep;
ThAc bid the cawchman stAc.
ThAc bAcll'd thAc hoop'd--a niver wAck'd;
Naw houzen there war handy;
Zed one o'm, "Nif you like, my bways,
"We'll ha a little randy!"
"Jist put en zActly in tha cawch
An dreav en ta BejwActer;
An as we Acll can't g'in wi'n here,
I'll come mysel zoon Acter."
Twar done at once: vor norn o'm car'd
A strAc vor wine or weather;
Than gently rawl'd the cawch along,
As zAct as any veather.
Bit Jerry snaur'd za loud, tha naise
Tha gennelmen did gally;
ThAc'd hAcf a mind ta turn en out;
A war dreamin o' his Mally!
It war the morkit dAc as rawl'd
Tha cawch athin BejwActer;
ThAc drauv tip ta the Crown-Inn door,
Ther MAc-game man com'd Acter.
"Here Maester WActer! Lock-y-zee!
A-mAc-be you mid thenk
Thic mon a snauren in tha cawch
Is auvercome wi' drenk.


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