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Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems

Part 2 — Guy Fawkes Day

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A Stick and a stake, For King James's sake. Please give us a coil,(1) a coil. 1. Coal.

Awd Grimey sits upon yon hill, As black as onny awd craw. He's gitten on his lang grey coat Wi' buttons doon afoor. He's gitten on his lang grey coat Wi' buttons doon afoor.

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