Gone to the War And Other Poems in the Lincolnshire Dialect
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Beef by the round and beer by the pail. II The labourers shouted and threw up their hats, Whilst the blue-ribbons stared at each other like rats, Declaring as they shouldn't never agree To the taking of anything stronger than tea ; But when it was over they settled it fair That each one should have what he wanted or dare, And so on this day of all days in the year We was jolly and happy and full of good cheer, Including that marvel to all of his neighbours What never had rested before from his ...labours What never was known for to chatter or dawdle You know who I mean " Cheap " Henry Caudle. BONFIRE NIGHT 67 He took the prizes everywhere The meanest man in Lincolnshire, For even " Cunning Jim ", they say, Could learn from Henry any day ; Henry it was that fitted stock With spectacles of greenish glass, Then gave 'em straw, the artful cock, Them thinking they was eating grass ! Of all the mean 'uns in the land Our Henry was the master-hand ; He'd never smiled nor joked afore, His face was like a cellar door, His legs were thin, his lips as well, His clothes they hung .
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