Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems

Hob-Trush Hob

"Hob-Trush Hob, wheer is thoo?"
     "I's tryin' on my left-foot shoe,
     An' I'll be wi' thee—noo!"

Gin Hob mun hae nowt but a hardin' hamp,
     He'll co om nae mair nowther to berry nor stamp.(1)

     1. The meaning seems to be, If Hob is allowed nothing more than a
     smock-frock of coarse hemp, he will not come again either to thresh
     corn or to beat flax.