The Dialect of the West of England - Somersetshire

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by  Jennings James.

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THE DIALECT OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND,
PARTICULAKLY
—
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'Thywildnawtes, ma-be,thaoolhire
'Zoonerthanzatervromalitre.
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'Anhaupsintimetha'llcometaknaw'em
'An nifzabetha'llpleasetahear,
'A'llgee zummooranotheryear." TheFarewell.
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PARTICULARLY
SOMERSETSHIRE;
WITH A GLOSSARY OF WORDS NOW IN USE THERE
ALSO WITH POEMS AND OTHER PIECES
EXEMPLIFYING THE DIALECT.
By JAMES JENNINGS,
HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN LITERARY
INSTITUTION, LONDON.
SECOND EDITION,
THE WHOLE REVISED, CORRECTED, AND ENLARGED, WITH TWO
DISSERTATIONS ON THE ANGLO-SAXON PRONOUNS,
AND OTHER PIECES,
By JAMES KNIGHT JENNINGS, M.A.,
LateScholar and Librarian, Queens' College, Cambridge:
Vicar ofHagbourn, Berkshire; y
andMinisterofCaicottDonative,Somersetshire. »
LONDON
JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, SOHO SQUARE.
36,
MDCCCLXIX.
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TO
THA DWELLERS THA WEST.
O'
Tha Fniito' longvul labour, years,
In theaze veo leaves at last appears.
Ta You, tha Dwellers o' thaWest,
I'm pleas'd that tha shood beaddresst :
Vor thaw I now in Lunnun dwell,
—
I mine ye still I love ye well
And niver, niver sholl vorget
I vust draw'd breath in Zummerzet
Amangst ye liv'd, and left ye zorry.
Asyou'll knaw when you hire my storry.
Theaze little Book than take o' me
;
'Tis all I hajust now ta gee.
An when you rade o' Tommy Gool,
Or Tommy Came, or Fed at s—chool,
Or 3Ir. Guy, or Fanny Fear,
(I thenk you'll shod vor her a tear)
Tha Rookery, or Mary's Crutch,
Thacap o' which I love ta touch,
You'll vine that I do not vorget
—
My naatal swile dear Zummerzet.
JAS. JENNINGS.