round.
THE STAGE COACH.
Ah! when the wold vo'k went abroad
They thought it vast enough,
If vow'r good ho'ses beaet the road
Avore the coach's ruf;
An' there they zot,
A-cwold or hot,
An' roll'd along the ground,
While the whip did smack
On the ho'ses' back,
An' the wheels went swiftly round, Good so's;
The wheels went swiftly round.
Noo iron rails did streak the land
To keep the wheels in track.
The coachman turn'd his vow'r-in-hand,
Out right, or left, an' back;
An' he'd stop avore
A man's own door,
To teaeke en up or down:
While the reins vell slack
On the ho'ses' back,
Till the wheels did rottle round ageaen;
Till the wheels did rottle round.
An' there, when wintry win' did blow,
Athirt the plain an' hill,
An' the zun wer peaele above the snow,
An' ice did stop the mill,
They did laugh an' joke
Wi' cwoat or cloke,
So warmly roun' em bound,
While the whip did crack
On the ho'ses' back,
An' the wheels did trundle round, d'ye know;
The wheels did trundle round.
An' when the rumblen coach did pass
Where hufflen winds did roar,
They'd stop to teaeke a warmen glass
By the sign above the door;
An' did laugh an' joke
An' ax the vo'k
The miles they wer vrom town,
Till the whip did crack
On the ho'ses back,
An' the wheels did truckle roun', good vo'k;
The wheels did truckle roun'.
An' gaily rod wold age or youth,
When zummer light did vall
On woods in leaf, or trees in blooth,
Or girt vo'ks parkzide wall.
An' they thought they past
The pleaeces vast,
Along the dousty groun',
When the whip did smack
On the ho'ses' back,
An' the wheels spun swiftly roun'. Them days
The wheels spun swiftly roun'.
WAYFEAREN.
The sky wer clear, the zunsheen glow'd
On droopen flowers drough the day,
As I did beaet the dousty road
Vrom hinder hills, a-feaeden gray;
Drough hollows up the hills,
Vrom knaps along by mills,
Vrom mills by churches tow'rs, wi' bells
That twold the hours to woody dells.
An' when the winden road do guide
The thirsty vootman where mid flow
The water vrom a rock bezide
His vootsteps, in a sheenen bow;
The hand a-hollow'd up
Do beaet a goolden cup,
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