The Fourteenth Annual Report of the Society of Somerset Men
in London (Western Gazette, Yeovil, ls.) contains, besides some charming articles in the Somerset dialect, the words and music of a Somerset song which is now to us. It is called " Dicky Short," and has been set down by Mr. F. J. Allen. The words are so delightful that we cannot resist reproducing a verse :— " Now theaa here maaid Nelly wer vlippish an' vlapper, She vleered an' she vlouted theas here poor young lad. She snipt'n an snapt'n (vor she wer a snapper) An' told'n quite plainly she wern't to be had ; Vor she loved a yeller much taller an' bigger, An' he comed from Lon'on an' he werdn' a clown, 'H's name wer Jan Small, an h' wer a grave-digger,' Which wer very well knowd to the yolk of the town.
[Chorus] Very well knowd to the yolk o' the town."
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