Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems

The Magpie

     I cross'd pynot,(1) an' t' pynot cross'd me.
     T' devil tak t' pynot an' God save me. .

     1. Magpie.

   Tell-pie-tit,
        Thy tongue's slit,
     An ivery dog i' t' toon 'll get a bit.