re blue or black?

"She brings on her back
An astonishing pack.
Like a blacksmith's bellows, marvellous big;
And while she dances a horrible jig,
Out of this bellows a doleful tune
She skre--eels away, in the dark o' the Moon!

"But if ever she works with a wicked will,
'Tis when she is quiet, and sly, and still.
She pretends that old Jack leaves his work but half done,
She '_wishes for once he'd be quit of his fun_!'
So she follows him up with her sour, ugly phiz,
And wherever she goes, you may know she means 'biz.

"Look sharp when she peeps through the crack o' the door!
Look sharp when she hides away under the floor!
She'll crack the bare ground with a terrible bang!
And out from the clap boards the nails will go, spang!

"She'll spoil the potatoes (if once she gets in),
And she'll shake all the people whose bed-clothes are thin!
She'll stop the old clock in the dead o' the night,
And make him hold up both his hands in a fright;
And--what she _won't_ do,
Is more than _I_ know!

"ZH----Zh!
I'm all of a shiver,
Heart, lungs, and liver!
Jist always, whiniver
I think of that o--o--ld
SA-ARCHINKOLD!"

Then Phunny-kind shivers a little, too;
And heaves a deep sigh; and says, "Are you froo?"
Then slides down, quietly, to the floor,
Doubtfully watching the outer door.

She says, "Is my bed got a fing like you said--
A 'comfut'--vat I can put over my head?"
"(Oh, Phil! naughty boy!)" says grandma;--"yes, dear
Your bed's got a 'comfut,' so never you fear--
And you should be in it, for see, the old clock
Points just to your bed-time, and says 'tick-tock!'"

"Well, grampa, I'm goin' as quick as I can,
If you'll only give me a handful of 'tan.'
"What _for_?" "Oh, I'm jus' goin' to take it to bed,
'Cos, I recollec' every word that you said,
And gramma, and Phil; for _all of you told_
How '_comfuts_,' and _'tan'll' keep out_
SA-ARCHINKOLD!"

Errata

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From the time it was put in the ground, [gound]
Then, with a relish, stood chuckling and grinning, [are lish]
Why, a nest, of course, and an egg or so,
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"I wonder," she says, "does the old clock know?"
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"She'll spoil the potatoes (if once s