JOHN.

Ees. When woone's groun' vor geärden stuff

Is roun' below the house's ruf,

Then woone can spend upon woone's land

Odd minutes that mid lie on hand,

The while, wi' night a-comèn on,

The red west sky's a-wearèn wan;

Or while woone's wife, wi' busy hands,

Avore her vier o' burnèn brands,

Do put, as best she can avword,

Her bit o' dinner on the bwoard.

An' here, when I do teäke my road,

At breakfast-time, agwaïn abrode,

Why, I can zee if any plot

O' groun' do want a hand or not;

An' bid my childern, when there's need,

To draw a reäke or pull a weed,

Or heal young beäns or peas in line,

Or tie em up wi' rods an' twine,

Or peel a kindly withy white

To hold a droopèn flow'r upright.

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