"The Zong of the Zummmerzetshire Owld Geamster"

Hughes, Thomas, (1822-1896)

Description

Colecciones : SC. 1800-1950
Fecha de publicación : 1859
[ES]Poema en el dialecto de Somerset
[EN]Poem in the Somerset dialect

Informations

• Publié par: Salamanca
• Nombre de lectures: 11
• Licence : En savoir +
  Paternité, pas d'utilisation commerciale, partage des conditions initiales à l'identique
• Langue: Español

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The Salamanca Corpus: “The Zong of the Zummerzetshire Owld Geamster” (1859)   Author: Thomas Hughes (1822-1896)  Text type: Prose  Date of composition: 1859 Editions: 1859, 1889, 1892, 1900, 1925, 1972, 1989, 2007, 2011  Source text:  Hughes, Thomas. 1859. “The Zong of the Zummerzetshire Owld  Geamster.”The Scouring of the White Horse. Cambridge: Macmillan  and Co: 120  e - text  Access and transcription: March 2006  Number of words: 106  Dialect represented: Somerset  Produced by María F. García - Bermejo Giner   

   THE ZONG OF THE ZUMMERZETSHIRE OWLD GEAMSTER.  I. “Cham * a Zummerzetshire mun Coom her to hev a bit o' vun. Oo'lt + try a bout? I be'ant aveard Ov any man or mother's zun.  II. "Cham a geamster owld and tough, Well knowed droo all the country zide, And many a lusty Barkshire man To break my yead hev often tried.  III. "Who's vor a bout o vriendly plaay, As never should to anger move? Zich spwoorts wur only meaned vor thaay As likes their mazzards broke for love."  * “Cham” “I am,” a form still used in parts of Somersetshire. + "Oo'lt"wiltthou. 