Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems

Charms, "Nominies," and Popular Rhymes

     Traditional

     Wilful weaste maks weasome want,
        An' you may live to say:
     I wish I had that sharve(1) o' breead
        That yance I flang away.

     1. Crust

A rollin' stone gethers no moss,
     A ram'lin' lad saves no brass;
     A whistlin' lass an' a crowin' hen
     Will fotch t' devil oot o' his den.

Than awn a crawin' hen,
        I seaner wad t' awd divil meet,
           Hickity O, pickity O, pompolorum jig!
     Or breed a whistlin' lass,
        I seaner wad t' awd divil treat,
           Hickity O, pickity O, pompolorum jig!

     Nowt bud ill-luck 'll fester where
     There craws an' whistles sike(1) a pair;
     May hens an' women breed nea mair.
     Pompolorum jig.

     1. Such.

      Meeat maks,
           An' clease shaps,
        But that is nut t' man;
     For bonnie is that bonnie diz,
        Deny it if you can.