dorset man

      when Barnes was in Dorchester reside
      the purbecks were true countryside
      the egdon heath was a desolate place
      where the peasant folks
      they knew their place

      where geese n gander hissed all day
      and little zunners ran and played
      where grass was green
      and banks were high
      where rivers n streams set the scene
      across the durzet countryside

      from wool bridge manor to lulworths door
      across egdon heath to studland shore
      the grass was tall and manners fine
      where toffs and lords drank berry wine

      in wareham town on Thursday morn
      the gypsies came to collect the corn
      the corn exchange twas packed with farmers too
      the market place sold lambs from wool

      the trees were high and rivers wide
      where samways kissed his future bride
      the swanage crew were set to shore
      and weymouth beach was waiting for
      lords and ladies kings and queens
      pastors clergy and foreign deans

      Poole harbor was the place to be
      famed for its cargo's out to sea
      hardy wrote of these times
      romantic notions and tales of woe
      people places from Poole to lundigo

      tolpuddle men met in secret haunts
      to form the union of free men
      from ranks of time and history
      purbeck was born from out of the sea

      an island set in purbeck stone
      with lanes and hills and dips and dales
      country folk sights and smells
      heathered hills and grassy walls
      listen to the thrush that calls

      the surfing seas
      the silvery sands
      the poetic words
       of the durzet man

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