Gipsy Life: Being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvementSmith, George
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Gipsy Life: Being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement
Smith, George
Romanies -- Great Britain
“One of the prityist girls takes a strol by herself down to a
butyfull streem of water to have herself a wash, and she begins
singing to the sound of a waterfall close by her, when all of a suden
a very nice looking young gentleman, who got tiard fishing in the
morning, and the day being very hot, took a bit of a lull on his
face, his basket on his back, and Fishing-rod by his side (the girl
did not see him) nor him her) until he was atracted by some strange
sound, when all of a instant he sprung upon his heels, and to his
surprise seen a most butyfull creature with her bear bosom and her
long black hair and butyfull black eyes, white teeth, and a butyfull
figure. He stared with all the eyes he had, and he made a advance
towards her, and when she seen him she stared also at him, and
aproaching slowly towards her and saying, from whence comest thou
hear, my butyfull maid (and staring at her butyfull figure) thinking
that she was some angel as droped down (when she with a pleasant
smile by showing her ivory and her sparkling eyes) Oh, my father’s
tents are not fare off, and seen the day very warm I thought to have
a little wash.
“Gentleman Well indeed I have been fishing to day, and cot a few this
morning; but the day turned out so excesably hot I was obliged to go
in to a shade and have a sleep, but was alarmed at your sweet voice
mingling with the murmuring waters. They boath steer up to the camp,
when now and then as he is speaking to her on the road going up, a
loude and shrill laugh is heard many times—the same time he does not
sho the least sign of vulgaraty by taking any sort of liberty with
her whatever. They arrive at the tents, when one or the little boys
says to his dady Dady, dady, there is a rye a velin a pra. The
gentleman sitts himself down and pulls out a big Flask very near full
of Brandy and toboco, and offers to the old man.
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