An' Squoire 'ull be sa mad an' all--a' dear a'
dear!
And I 'a monaged for Squoire come Michaelmas
thirty year.

XIII.
A mowt 'a taaken Joanes, as 'ant a 'aapoth o'
sense,
Or a mowt a' taaken Robins--a niver mended a
fence:
But godamoighty a moost taake mea an' taake ma
now
Wi 'auf the cows to cauve an' Thornaby holms to
plow!

XIV.
Looak 'ow quoloty smoiles when they sees ma a
passin' by,
Says to thessen naw doot `what a mon a be
sewer-ly!'
For they knaws what I bean to Squoire sin fust a
comed to the 'All;
I done my duty by Squoire an' I done my duty
by all.

XV.
Squoire's in Lunnon, an' summun I reckons 'ull 'a to
wroite,
For who's to howd the lond ater mea thot muddles
ma quoit;