HARRY'S BROKEN LEG

TEUN- "Kiss me quick and go."

YOUNG HARRY staggered throo the street,
An' got a heavy fall ;
His leg wes broke, an' there he lay
Wi' heed agyen the wall.
His groans attracted plenty folks,
But helpless there he lay,
Till frinds com up te lend a hand,
An' carry him away.

Kurus

An'.ten weeks on his bed he lay,
As helpless as cud be;
An' mony a time he rued the day
He went upon the spree.

His muther tried te cheer him up,
An' frinds com droppin in:
For Harry had a lot 0' mates
Te see his broken shin:
It frightened sum, an' myed them stop
Upon thor thowtless way;
But one 0' them, young Charley Jones,
Called in byeth neet an' day.

An' Charley often cheered him up,
Wi' readin tiv him there:
He'd tyek a beuk an' sit beside
Poor Harry iv his chair:
What Charley red wes gud an' true,
It let young Harry see
That drink, intoxicatin drink,
Nowt else but harm cud de.

An' Charley myed young Harry turn
Te think the syem as him;
An' often he wad wipe his eyes,
As they wi' tears grew dim.
He teuk the pledge-he's fund it brings
Such happiness te him;
He'll nivvor brickti-he's got mair sense,
Since he'd that broken limb.

-Source: Joe Wilson, (author) Songs and Drolleries, 1890