A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
A Brand New BALLAT.
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A Brand New BALLAT.
I
O what a deal of beauties rare,Leeve down in C—d's valley?
Yet theer not yen 'at can compare
Wi' bonny smurkin Sally.
II
O' fortunes great my Ded oft tells,But I cry shally-wally:
I mind nae fortunes nor ought else,
My heart's sae set o' Sally.
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III
Let others round the teable sitAt fairs, and drink and rally;
While to a corner snug I git,
And kiss and hark wi' Sally.
IV
Some lads court fearful hard, yet stillPut off and drive and dally;
The Priest neest sunday, if she will;
May publish me and Sally.
V
O how my heart wad lowp for joy,To lead her up the ally;
And with what courage cou'd I cry
I------tak thee Sally.
VI
And sud not we a bargain strike?I's seer our tempers tally;
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But just what likes his Sally.
VII
I's seek, and wait not what to de;The Doctor and his galley-
Pots will not signify a flea:
—O sned off hand for Sally.
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