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iv.

Larn'd a ma' beä. I reckons I 'annot sa mooch to larn.

But a cost oop, thot a did, 'boot Bessy Marris's barn.
Thof a knaws I hallus voäted wi' Squoire an' choorch an' staäte,
An' i' the woost o' toimes I wur niver agin the raäte.

v.

An' I hallus comed to 's choorch afoor moy Sally wur deäd,

An' 'eerd un a bummin' awaäy loike a buzzard-clock^[1] ower my yeäd,
An' I niver knaw'd whot a meän'd but I thowt a 'ad summut to saäy,
An I thowt a said what a owt to 'a said an' I comed awaäy.

1. Cockchafer.