is this another one for the Dalesman?
I hope you won't let your job with the Yorkshire tourist board get in the
way of writing poetry
P-P
>From: Arthur <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New Sub: Stories at my Mother's Knee#4
>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:37:53 -0000
>
>Tales at my Mother's Knee #4
>
>Mi Fust Doll.
>
>Ah wuh put in a charity 'ooam
>when ah wur eight.
>Yer grandma wur 'avin' ar Leonard,
>ah 'ad a bad chest,
>an' yer Grandad wur aht a wuk, ageean.
>Ah wunt in long, nor abun eight wik,
>bur it wur ovah Chrissmus
>an' ah wuh missin' everiwun
>an cryin' a lot, they sed.
>
>'Appen they wanted to cheeah me up or summat
>but they assed me what ah'd like Santuh to bring mi.
>Ah'd niver been assed afore
>an' ah wur a bit gobstruck at fust
>then ah bethowt mesen
>as haw ah'd niver 'ad a doll
>an' allus wanted wun,
>so ah towd 'em, a doll plees.
>
>Well come Chrissmus ah wuh fair excited
>as ony kid wud bi, feelin' rahnd fut of mi bed,
>ah cun't wait to fahnd an ferrit i' mi stockin'.
>
>An theear it wuh!! A doll.
>Huh! It were a reet bit a tat!
>A nuss's uniform wi' a red cross on't pinny
>an' a lirrul whaht 'at an' 'air
>bur it 'ad a cotton eead,
>all flat and pinched in wi stitches, ugli,
>painted and smooith,
>and t'air wuh nobbut a curl stuck on wi gloo.
>
>Yew'd a thowt ah'd ave bin upset
>but even tho ah noo it wuh tat
>ah luvved me fust doll
>an' ah gorra a cowum and ah sat
>and sang to 'er funny flat fayus
>an cowumed an cowumed that glooed tangle
>till ah got t' cowum to run throo it proper
>lahk real 'air
>but bi then thuh wuh nobbut three 'airs left
>but shi wuh mine, tha knaws.
>
>Ah lost 'er wen wi mooived 'arse latuh
>aht a 'alifax up to Ogden Fut,
>but ah sall allus rimembuh 'er,
>mi lirrul bald-'edded, flat-faced nuss.
Perpetua Pullman
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