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A Specimen of the Bilsdale Dialect
or, Two Poems on Isaac Telltruth and Sammy Standfast [by John Castillo]
Castillo, John (1792-1845)
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A Tale related by Isaac Telltruth old Protestant, connected with a few particular remarks of his life.
OLD SAMMY;
The Negroe's Complaint.
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A Specimen of the Bilsdale Dialect
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In all the strates o' life, sez he,
Hooivver bare me cubbert be;
We' broon breead crusts, or wormwood tea
Or evan gole;
Whoorivver ah finds Christ t' be,
He sweetens all.
A Specimen of the Bilsdale Dialect