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ROMANO LAVO-LIL
WORD-BOOK OF THE ROMANY
OR, ENGLISH GYPSY LANGUAGE
WITH SPECIMENS OF GYPSY POETRY, AND AN
ACCONT OF CERTAIN GYPSYRIES OR
PLACES INHABITED BY THEM, AND
OF VARIOS THINGS RELATING TO
GYPSY LIFE IN ENGLAND.
 

by George Borrow  
 
 
 
Contents:
 
The English Gypsy Language
Romano Lavo-Lil: Word-book of the Romany
Rhymed List of Gypsy Verbs
Betie Rokrapenes: Little Sayings
Cotorres of Mi-dibble's Lil.  Chiv'd Adrey Romanes: Pieces of Scripture cast into Romany
The Lord's Prayer in the Gypsy Dialect of Transylvania
Lil of Romano Jinnypen: Book of the Wisdom of the Egyptians
Romane Navior of Temes and Gavior: Gypsy Names of Countries and Towns
Thomas Rossar-Mescro, or Thomas Herne
Kokkodus Artarus
Mang, Prala: Beg on, Brother
English Gypsy Songs
   Welling Kattaney: The Gypsy Meeting
    Lelling Cappi: Making a Fortune
    The Dui Chalor: The Two Gypsies
    Miro Romany Chi: My Roman Lass
    Ava, Chi: Yes, my Girl
    The Temeskoe Rye: The Youthful Earl
    Camo-Gillie: Love Song
    Tugnis Amande: Woe is me
    The Rye and the Rawne: The Squire and Lady
    Romany Suttur Gillie: Gypsy Lullaby
    Sharrafi Kralyissa: Our Blessed Queen
    Plastra Lesti: Run for it!
Foreign Gypsy Songs
    The Romany Songstress
    L'Erajai: The Frair
    Malbrun: Malbrouk
The English Gypsies
    Tugney Beshor: Sorrowful Years
    Their History
Gypsy Names
Fortune-Telling
    The Hukni
    Cauring
Metropolitan Gypsyries
    Wandsworth
    The Potteries
    The Mount
Ryley Bosvil
Kirk Yetholm
 
 
 
 
"Can you rokra Romany?
Can you play the bosh?
Can you jal adrey the staripen?
Can you chin the cost?"
 
"Can you speak the Roman tongue?
Can you play the fiddle?
Can you eat the prison-loaf?
Can you cut and whittle?"
 
The Author of the present work wishes to state that the Vocabulary, which forms part of it, has existed in manuscript for many years.  It is one of several vocabularies of various dialects of the Gypsy tongue, made by him in different countries.  The most considerable - that of the dialect of the Zincali or Rumijelies (Romany Chals) of Spain - was published in the year 1841.  Amongst those which remain unpublished is one of the Transylvanian Gypsy,