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Lancashire Poetry Index

First line index

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"Where do you live?" growled his Worship
1 a.m.
1 Part one 1932 - 1951
1 There were no survivors from the dawn raid
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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7am! I've got to be up
A graceful king of lake and river
A pilgrim aw've bin o' mi days
A bard stood drooping o'er the grave
A bee was seen
A Beldame came to lofty scout
A Benison be thine, true heart
A big bad book that flies away
A bitter wail uv anguish rings wild on t' wintry air
A blackbird on a thorny brier
A blackbird sings. In the dull atmosphere
A bleary oil lamp marked the cindered patch
A blessing on the day, my child
A body like green, wobbly jelly
A bonnie brown thrush in a whitethorn bush
A bonny little bluebell, all alone an-bi-thi-sel
A bowl of lukewarm water
A boy's young fancy taketh love
A bridal robe should be
A bride stood at the altar, dressed in gleaming silk and lace
A bridge I am, a bridge I stay
A broad brush in those overalls
A brother dear hath mingled with the dust!
A brother in affliction is oft' more qualified
A burglar courses through these streets
A busy classroom
A calm steals o'er the landscape, and the light
A candle lights up in the dark
A candle lit, and shining bright
A car is a steel ostrich
A carpet square of emerald green
a cat mistrusts the sun
A certin owd Vicar, noan fur fro' this spot
A chap is a slave when he's lazy
A chap up i' Yorkshur, a little bit soft
A child is born!--another claims my care
A Child of Song! Oh sadly pleasing name
A child of song! Oh, sadly pleasing name
A child's eyes begin clear
A chill and misty day - as yet, no sun
A class full of disciplined children
A clear blue a sky
A coloured bubble in a glass
A complex maze of interconnections
A computer with no processor
A country life for me, mi lads
A country life for mi, mi lads, a country life for me
A couple of hundred meals
A coverlet, soft and glistening
A crash came from the kitchen
A crystal clear sky
A dacent chap Owd Music wur
A damsel of Israel was pensively gazing
A day at th' sea-side's a god-send to folk
A day off for you to recover from jetlag
A day out to Blackpool
A day to be reckoned with A cowboy
A dear ! A dear ! a Lord be wi us
A dear old friend has passed away
A death wail from the dusky sons of Ind
A deeud gull wi eyl't wings
A dreamy stillness in the calm air slept
A dredger creeps in the noondark day
A driving shot in a driving wind
A fairy kissed your eyes, dear
A fairy stood on my window sill
A Farmer from Howfen rose early one morn
A fault confessed is half redressed
A feeling came to me, - 'twas very fleet
A festival is to be held during which
A flash of legs and high heels past his desk
A flower hath faded from my heart's own garden
A fool is he, a drunken sot
A free day to do as I please
A friend o' mine - aw'll co him Tom
A gallant knight he sallied forth
A girl walked here, I follow the narrow path
A girl watches boys playing noughts and crosses
A glimmer of light, on an insect's wing!
A glint at owd familiar things
A goggle-eyed fuddler, as usual, bout brass
A Gonner dwelt o' th' Barrowfells
A Gonnor dwells o'th' Barrowfells
A good dame had a teapot stout
A good man gone, a Patriarch indeed
A gradely chap is Carter Bill
A grand old painter died last night
A great little place is eawr valley
A group of talented musicians entertained us
A gull glides on the wind
A hair upon our parson's head
A happy New Year! how the glad countless voices
A heather-covered grave it is
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