<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Welsh Hymn</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bron Dilys Teashop<br>Of Threadneedle Alleyway, <br>Swaddled in a pinafore<br>And cosseted in lace, <br>Soon charmed the borough boys<br>When she sang long for the scallywags<br>Or served up sweet tyshan lap<br>With her famous welsh cakes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her soft-breasted menu<br>Of cariad and comfort, <br>Her short tacky temper<br>Emblazed her blue eyes, <br>Dai Jones ate those long legs<br>Alive in the bara brith<br>And deep-delved her laverbread<br>With his brandysnap lies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then was Tilly Tongue-fit<br>Sweet cuddled in the marigold<br>With muddling Tom Tiddle-O<br>And his calico cat, <br>Dan Rees called for 'cave-o'<br>As Tom stoked the middle-up<br>To watch for the Billy Boyo<br>And Moll Thunderclap.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Long years now I've wondered<br>At the conjure of your alleyway; <br>Does Bron Dilys Jiggle-O<br>Still sup bara caws, <br>Does Willy the Wag now<br>Still wriggle in the coal-hole<br>With a mouth full of marigolds<br>And a handful of yours? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I spend my mind dreaming<br>Of cariad and comfort, <br>Of tight fitting pinafores<br>In parlour and bower, <br>Her bonnet up-ended<br>In the spell of welsh rare-bits<br>Sweet tasted, willy nilly-o<br>Back when, in Bryn Mawr.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">19 February 1981</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365651" data-title="A Welsh Hymn de David Lewis Paget" data-description="Bron Dilys Teashop Of Threadneedle Alleyway, Swaddled in a pinafore And cosseted in lace, Soon charmed the borough boys When she sang long for the scallywags Or served up sweet tyshan lap With her famous welsh cakes. Her soft-breasted menu Of c..."></div> </div> </div>

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