JOHN.

Aye, that's the thing, you zee. Now I do mow

My bit o' grass, an' meäke a little rick;

An' in the zummer, while do grow,

My cow do run in common vor to pick

A bleäde or two o' grass, if she can vind em,

Vor tother cattle don't leäve much behind em.

Zoo in the evenèn, we do put a lock

O' nice fresh grass avore the wicket;

An' she do come at vive or zix o'clock,

As constant as the zun, to pick it.

An' then, bezides the cow, why we do let

Our geese run out among the emmet hills;

An' then when we do pluck em, we do get

Vor zeäle zome veathers an' zome quills;

An' in the winter we do fat em well,

An' car em to the market vor to zell

To gentlevo'ks, vor we don't oft avvword

To put a goose a-top ov ouer bwoard;

But we do get our feäst,--vor we be eäble

To clap the giblets up a-top o' teäble.

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