A Dalesman's Litany

Frederic William Moorman

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1872 to 1919

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It's hard when fowks can't finnd their wark
Wheer they've bin bred an' born;
When I were young I thowt
I'd bide 'mong t' roots an' corn.
But I've bin forced to work i' towns,
So here's my litany:
Frae Hull, an' Halifax, an' Hell,
Gooid Lord, deliver me!

When I were courtin' Mary Ann,
T' owd squire, says one day:
"I've got no bield for wedded fowks;
Choose, wilt ta wed or stay? "
I couldn't up t' lass I loved,
To t' town we to flee:
Frae Hull, an' Halifax, an' Hell,
Gooid Lord, deliver me!

I've wrowt i' Leeds an' Huthersfel',
An' honest brass;
I' Bradforth, Keighley, Rotherham,
I've kept my an' lass.
I've travelled all three Ridin's round,
And I went to sea:
Frae forges, mills, an' coalin' boats,
Gooid Lord, deliver me!

I've walked at neet through loans,
'T were same as bein' i' Hell:
Furnaces out tongues o' fire,
An' roared like t' wind t' fell.
I've sammed up coals i' Barnsley pits,
Wi' muck up to my knee:
Frae Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham,
Lord, deliver me!

I've seen grey fog creep ower Brig
As thick as bastile soup;
I've lived wheer were stowed away
Like rabbits in a coop.
I've snow float down Bradforth Beck
As black as ebiny:
Hunslet, Holbeck, Wibsey Slack,
Gooid Lord, deliver me!

But now, when all wer childer's fligged,
To t' coontry we've back.
There's fotty mile o' heathery moor
Twix' us an' t' coal-pit slack.
And when I sit ower t' at neet,
I laugh an' shout wi' glee:
Frae Bradforth, Leeds, an Huthersfel',
Frae Hull, an' Halifax, an' Hell,
T' gooid Lord's delivered me!

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