Punch: Punch (6.1844)

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

75

ZONGS O' THE ZOUTH-WEST.

i.

Oh ! Tummus,1 young Tummus, what bist thee about
Wee that bit o' rooap,3 all zo dthiek 4 and zo ztout ?
Dost mean un around yander pooast5 vor to goo,
Vor to vasten and hitch up the red cow thereto ?

n.

Naw,6 Dannul,T naw, Dannul, the red cow may rooam 8
Vrom here to Zouthampton, or vurther, vrom whooam ; 9
Accardun as her inclinations med be,
She med 10 bicJe or med waander ; 'tis all one to me.

in.

Then, Tummus, young Tummus, I warrand me, now,
Thee'st gwaiua " to markut wee veather's 12 old zow,
And thee'st rmakun 13 a string round her hind leg to tie,
To bender14 the old gal vrom runnun' awal.15

IV.

Naw, Dannul, naw, Dannul, zhe beant to be zold
Vor bank-noate peehaper,16 nor zilver, nor gold ;
The old zow shall zleep wee the little pigs still,
Vor to keep her is veather's intention and will.

v.

Now, Tummus, young Tummus, that rooap, I ool zwear,
Thee mean'st vor a halter to hold the gray mare,
WIkh down to the hoss-pond thee teak'st her to drink,
Where the green water-creeses grows vine 11 on the brink

I zought vor to meak her my bride and my deal',

But she was boath cruel and likewise severe,

And I'm meakun' a zlipknot25 to hang myself wee,

Vrom the dead branch as grows on the old waarnut-tree.26

Glossary.
1 Tummus, Thomas.
1 AVee, with.
3 Rooap, rope.
* Dthiek, thick.
b Pooast, post.
'> Naw, no.
'■ Dannul, Daniel.
6 Rooam, roam.
5 Whooam, home.

10 Med, map: \ 15 AVillum, William.
Gwaiim', going. j 2'' Prai, pray.

j2 Veather, father. ; *' Boath, both.

B Meakun', making. . M iSpake, speak.

11 Hender, hinder. '< 23 iSuzanner, Susannah.
>5 Awa), away. ' 21 Want, won't.

16 Peehaper, paper. | 2 > Zlipknot, slipknot, noost.

17 Vine, fine. > 20 Waarnut, walnut.

18 Thee tellest a lie, Hampshire j

for " you are mistaken.'' 1

THE FOUNTAINS IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE,

"ihehkhy hangs a ij1l.

Tjie Commissioners of the Fine Arts have been for some time deli-
berating how to supply the fountains in Trafalgar Square. The extreme
difficulty of supplying the Dolphin's tail with a pure and healthful stream
of the limpid element, has been a theme of the most painful discussion.
Naw, Dannul, naw Dannul, thee tellest a lie '» I The question has, however, been at length set finally at rest, by the de-

I doant teake the mare to the hoss-pond, not I ; i termination of the Commissioners to adopt the method of Artesian Wells,

1 which has led to the following

VI.

'Tis my brother Willum 19 as looks arter she,
'Tis Willum as minds the gray mare, and not me.

VII.

Then Tummus, young Tummus, come tell me, I prai,20
About that 'ere rooap boath 21 the wherefore and why ;
Zay, what bist a gwaiun' wee he vor to do 3
Spake22 Tummus, young Tummus, spake out, and spake true.

VIII,

Oh ! Dannul, oh ! Dannul, the truth I ool spake ;
I'm zick o' my liefe vor a young 'ooman's zake :

SONG OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE FINE ARTS.

How shall we bid the fountains flow,

In streamlets bright and fair,
To give a genial warmth and glow

To gay Trafalgar Square ?

Oh, shall we seek it from the main

Of the New River Head ;
That river circling through the plain,

Like some small silver thread 3

Or shall we, from the plug that lurks

Beneath the pavement stone ;
That plug the Junction Water Works

Are proud to call their own ?

Or shall we, from the gushing Thames,

Conduct the fluid mild,
That fluid whose opaqueness shames

Far India's sun-black'd child ?

No, rather let us make a push
For Art—the way's an easy 'un ;

Yes, with Science let us rush.
And sink the Well Artesian.

'Tis along o' Zuzanner ;a I axed her to wed,

And " I wunt/+ then, thee vool !" wur the words as she zed.

Synonym. , .

The people of Pennsylvania have lately shown themselves sucsh ** small
men " as to obtain universally the appellation of the " swell mab."