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Author: William Barnes (1801-1886)

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Hwomely Rhymes. A Second Collection of Poems in the Dorset Dialect
Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A winter night (It was a chilly winter's night) - K. Schoonenbeek
A winternight (It was a chilly winter's night) - K. Schoonenbeek
At the feäst, I do mind very well, all the vo'ks (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect)
J. Carpenter: Don't ceäre

Come! - E. Maconchy [x]
Don't ceäre (At the feäst, I do mind very well, all the vo'ks ) (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect) - J. Carpenter
In Linden Lea (Within the woodlands, flow'ry gladed) (from Hwomely Rhymes. A Second Collection of Poems in the Dorset Dialect) - R. Vaughan Williams GER
In the spring (My love is the maïd ov all maïdens) (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect) - R. Vaughan Williams, M. Horder
It was a chilly winter's night
K. Schoonenbeek, K. Schoonenbeek: A winternight

Linden Lea (Within the woodlands, flow'ry gladed) (from Hwomely Rhymes. A Second Collection of Poems in the Dorset Dialect) - R. Vaughan Williams GER
Lullaby (The rook's nest do rock on the tree-top ) (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect) - H. Popple, F. Lynas, R. Johnson
My love is the maïd ov all maïdens (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect)
R. Vaughan Williams, M. Horder: In the spring

My Orcha'd in Linden Lea (Within the woodlands, flow'ry gladed) (from Hwomely Rhymes. A Second Collection of Poems in the Dorset Dialect) GER
R. Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea

No, no! I ben't a-runnèn down (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect)
M. Horder: The farmer's eldest daughter

Since I noo mwore do zee your feäce (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect)
M. Horder: The wife a-lost

Summer's pride - M. Horder [x]
The Bells of Alderburnham (While now upon the win' do zwell ) (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect) - P. Edmonds
The Bells ov Alderburnham (While now upon the win' do zwell ) (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect)
P. Edmonds: The Bells of Alderburnham

The farmer's eldest daughter (No, no! I ben't a-runnèn down ) (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect) - M. Horder
The farmer's woldest dā'ter (No, no! I ben't a-runnèn down ) (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect)
M. Horder: The farmer's eldest daughter

The railroad (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect) - G. Kimpton [x]
The rook's nest do rock on the tree-top (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect)
H. Popple, F. Lynas, R. Johnson: Lullaby

The wife a-lost (Since I noo mwore do zee your feäce) (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect) - M. Horder
The Winter's Willow (There Liddy zot bezide her cow) (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect) - R. Vaughan Williams
There Liddy zot bezide her cow (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect)
R. Vaughan Williams: The Winter's Willow

While now upon the win' do zwell (from Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect)
P. Edmonds: The Bells of Alderburnham

White and blue - M. Horder [x]
Within the woodlands, flow'ry gladed (from Hwomely Rhymes. A Second Collection of Poems in the Dorset Dialect) GER
R. Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea