), in a clever and instructive article in _Harper's
Magazine_ on 'English Farmers' (but, in fact, describing the
agriculture, &c., of Sussex in a very interesting way), considers that
the peculiarities of the present Sussex dialect resemble those of New
England more than of Pennsylvania. She mentions as Sussex phrases used
in New England--'You hadn't ought to do it,' and 'You shouldn't ought';
'Be you'? for 'Are you'? 'I see him,' for 'I saw.' 'You have a _crock_
on your nose,' for a smut; _nuther_ for neither; _p[dot above a]ssel_
for parcel, and a _pucker_ for a fuss. In addition she observes that
Sussex people speak of 'the _fall_' for autumn and 'guess' and 'reckon'
like genuine Yankees." So far Mr. Sawyer. Sussex people also, I might
add, "disremember," as Huck Finn used to do.

I should like to close the list of examples of Sussex speech by quoting
a few verses from the Sussex version of the "Song of Solomon," which Mr.
Lower prepared for Prince Lucien Buonaparte some forty years ago. The
experiment was extended to other southern and western dialects, the
collection making a little book of curious charm and homeliness. Here
is the fourth chapter:--

[Sidenote: THE SONG OF SOLOMON]

IV

1. Lookee, you be purty, my love, lookee, you be purty. You've got
dove's eyes adin yer locks; yer hair is like a flock of goaets dat
appear from Mount Gilead.

2. Yer teeth be lik a flock of ship just shared, dat come up from
de ship-wash; every one of em bears tweens, an nare a one among em
is barren.

3. Yer lips be lik a thread of scarlet, an yer speech is comely;
yer temples be lik a bit of a pomgranate adin yer locks.

4. Yer nick is lik de tower of Daoeved, built for an armoury, what
dey heng a thousan bucklers on, all shields of mighty men.

5. Yer two brestes be lik two young roes, what be tweens, dat feed
among de lilies.

6. Till de dee break, an der shadders goo away, I'll git me to de
mountain of myrrh, and to de hill of frankincense.

7. You be hem purty, my love; der auent a spot in ye.

8. Come along wud me from Lebanon, my spouse, wud me from Lebanon:
look from de top of Amana, from de top of Shenir an Hermon, from de
lions' dens, from de mountain of de leopards.

9. Ye've stole away my heart, my sister, my spouse. Ye've stole
away my heart wud one of yer eyes, wud one