To Dolly Pentreath
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Original Cornish
To Dolly Pentreath
Coll Doll Pentreath cans ha deau
Marrow ha kledyz ed Paul pleaû,
Na ed en Egloz, gan pobel braz
Bes ed Egloz-hay, coth Dolly es.
SWF
Koth Doll Pentreth kans ha dew
Marow ha 'kledhys yn Pol pluw
Na et an eglos, gen pobel bras
bus et eglos-he, coth Dolly eus.
Original English
Old Dolly Pentreath, aged 102,
Deceased and buried in Paul parish too,
Not in the Church with people great and high,
But in the churchyard doth old Dolly lie.
Notes
- PBE: "A native of Truro, who made engines for mines"
- Thomson, 1777
- Hay is the Saxon haya, an enclosure [1]
Links
References
- The Cornish Language and Its Literature, Peter Berresford Ellis, 1974. p120
