ON

SOME OF THE DIALECTS

IN

THE WEST OF ENGLAND,

PARTICULARLY

Somersetshire :

WITH

A GLOSSARY OF WORDS

NOW IN USE THERE;

AND

POEMS AND OTHER PIECES,
EXEMPLIFYING THE DIALECT.

BY JAMES JENNINGS,

HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN LITERARY
INSTITUTION, LONDON.

"Goo little Reed!

"Aforn tha vawk, an vor me plead:

"Thy wild nawtes, mâ-be, tha ool hire

"Zooner than zâter vrom a lyre.

"Za that thy Maester's pleas'd ta blaw 'em,

"An haups in time tha'll come ta knaw 'em;

"An nif zaw be thâ'll please ta hear,

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A'll gee zum moor another year."-The Farewel.

Printed for

BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY,

LONDON.

T. C. Hansard, Pater-noster-row Press.

ΤΟ

THA DWELLERS O' THA WEST.

THA Fruit o' longvul labour, years,
In theäze veo leaves at last appears.
Ta You, tha DWELLERS o' tha WEST,
I'm pleas'd that thâ shood be addresst:
Vor thaw I now in Lunnun dwell,
ye still-I love ye well;

I mine

An niver, niver sholl vorget

I vust drâw'd breath in Zummerzet ;
Amangst ye liv'd, an left ye zorry,

As you'll knaw when you hire my storry.
Theäze little Book than take o' ME;
'Tis âll I hâ jist now ta gee.

An when you rade o' Tommy Gool,
Or Tommy Came, or Pal at school,
Or Mr. Guy, or Fanny Fear,-
(I thenk you'll shod vor her a tear)
Tha Rookery, or Mary's Crutch,
Tha cap o' which I love ta touch,
You'll vine that I do not vorget
My naatal swile-dear Zummerzet.

JAS. JENNINGS.