Joseph Skipsey

March 17, 1832 - September 3,1903 / Percy, Northumberland

Willy To Jinny

DUSKIER than the clouds that lie
'Tween the coal-pit and the sky,
Lo, how Willy whistles by
Right cheery from the colliree.

Duskier might the laddie be
Save his coaxing coal-black e'en,
Nothing dark could Jinny see
A-coming from the colliree.
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