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Part 30

Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and Traditional Poems · F. W. Moorman — chapter 30 of 30 · ~30 words · public domain

The shelvin', slimy river Don Each year a daughter or a son.(1)

1. Compare the Dartmoor rhyme:

River of Dart, oh! river of Dart, Every year thou claimest a heart.