THE PITMAN'S SKELLYSCOPE.

Oh! Tommy, lad, howay! aw's myek thou full o' play; Aw'm sartin that thou'll byeth skip and lowpy-O: Aw've sic a bonny thing, an' it's myed o' glass an' tin, An' they say it's nyem's a bonny Gleediscowpy-O. Skellyscowpy-O, &c. A gawn alang the Close, a bit laddy cock'd his nose, An' was keekin throud' aside the Jabel Growpey-O: Aw fand that he wad sell'd; sae, odsmash! aw'm proud te tell'd! For twee shillin' bowt his bonny Gleediscowpey-O. Wey, then aw ran off hyem—Nan thowt me myekin gyem; Said, my Deavy[1] for a new aw'd had a cowpey-O: But she gurn'd, aye, like a sweeper, when aw held it tiv her peeper, See'd church-windors through my bonny Gleediscowpey-O. Then the bairns they ran like sheep, a' strove to hev a peep, Frae the audest lass, aye doon to the dowpey-O: There Dick dang ower Cud, myed his nose gush out o' blood, As he ran to see the bonny Gleediscowpey-O. There was dwiney little Peg, not sae nimmel i' the leg, Ower the three-footed stuil gat sic a cowpey-O; And Sandy wiv his beak, myed a lump i' mother's cheek, Climbin up to see the bonny Gleediscowpey-O. But she held it tiv her e'e, aye, till she could hardly see, Oh! then aboot the markettin she thowty-O: Wey, Lukey, man! says she, 'stead o' shuggar, flesh, an' tea, Thou's fetch'd us hyem thy bonny Gleediscowpey-O. She struck me wi' surprise while she skelly'd wiv her eyes, And aw spak as if aw'd gettin a bit rowpey-O. So, neighbours, tyek a hint, if ye peep ower lang ye'll squint, For aw think they're reetly nyem'd a Gleediscowpey-O.