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‘Faäithful an’ True’—them words be i’ Scriptur—an’ Faäithful an’ True
Ull be fun’⁴ upo’ four short legs ten times fur one upo’ two.

An’ maäybe they’ll walk upo’ two but I knaws they runs upo’ four,⁵—
Bedtime, Dicky! but waäit till tha ’eärs it be strikin’ the hour.

Fur I wants to tell tha o’ Roä when we lived i’ Howlaby Daäle,
Ten year sin—Naäy—naäy! tha mun nobbut hev’ one glass of aäle.

Straänge an’ owd-farran’d⁶ the ’ouse, an’ belt⁷ long afoor my daäy
Wi’ haäfe o’ the chimleys a-twizzen’d⁸ an’ twined like a band o’ haäy.