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Bargery Number 732
Music (Given or Suggested) Poem
Author Hood, Thomas
Latest Date 1834
Evidence for Latest Date Publication date
Source of Text Hood, Thomas Verses from Tylney Hall 1834 In "Complete poetical works of Thomas Hood Edited, with notes WALTER JERROLD and HENRY FROWDE (Oxford University Press, 1911) p215
Where Printed London
Roud Not in the Roud Index
Source Title Sonnet on Steam by an under ostler
Origin Collected works of the author

I wish I livd a Thowsen year Ago
Wurking for Sober six and Seven milers [Note 732.1]
And dubble Stage runnen safe and slo
The Orses cum in Them days to the Bilers
But Now by meens of Powers of Steem forces
A-turning Coches into Smoaky Kettels
The Bilers seam a Cumming to the Orses
And Helps¹ and nags¹ Will sune be out of Vittels
Poor Bruits I wunder How we bee to Liv
When sutch a change of Orses is our Faits
No nothink need Be sifted_in_a_Siv¹
May them Blowd ingins all Blow up their Grates
And Theaves of Oslers¹ crib¹ the Coles and Giv
Their blackgard Hannimuls a Feed of Slaits¹!

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bar545: Dates 1856~----|

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bar732: Dates ----~1834|

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