sins, an's toithe were due, an' I gied
it in hond;
I done my duty by un, as I 'a done by the
lond.

IV.
Larn'd a ma' bea. 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 voated wi' Squoire an' choorch
an staate,
An' i' the woost o' toimes I wur niver agin the
raate.

V.
An' I hallus comed to 's choorch afoor moy Sally wur
dead,
An' 'eerd un a bummin' awaay loike a buzzard-clock*
ower my yead,
An' I niver knaw'd whot a mean'd but I thowt a 'ad
summut to saay,
An I thowt a said whot a owt to 'a said an' I comed
awaay.
*Cockchafer.

VI.
Bessy Marris's barn! tha knaws she laaid it to
mea.
Mowt 'a bean, mayhap, for she wur a bad un,
shea.
'Siver, I kep un, I kep un, my lass, tha mun under-stond;
I done my duty by un as I 'a done by the
lond.

VII.
But Parson a comes an' a goos, an' a says it easy an'
freea
'The amoighty's a taakin o' you to 'issen, my friend,'
says 'ea.
I weant saay men be loiars, thof summun said it in
'aaste:
But a reads wonn sarmin a weeak, an' I 'a stubb'd
Thornaby waaste.

VIII.
D'ya moind the waaste, my lass? naw, naw, tha was
not born then;
Theer wur a boggle in it, I often 'eerd un
mysen;
Moast loike a butter-bump,* for I 'eerd un aboot an
aboot,
But I stubb'd un oop wi' the lot, an' raaved an
rembled un oot.
*Bittern.

IX.
Keaper's it wur; fo' they fun un theer a laaid on 'is
faace
Doon i' the woild 'enemies* afoor I comed to the
plaace.
Noaks or Thimbleby--toner 'ed shot un as dead as
a naail.
Noaks wur 'ang'd for it oop at 'soize--but git ma
my yaale.
*Anenomes.

X.
Dubbut looak at the waaste: theer warn't not fead
for a cow:
Nowt at all but bracken an' fuzz, an' looak at it
now--
Warn't worth nowt a haacre, an' now theer's lots o'
fead,
Fourscore yows upon it an' some on it doon in
sead.

XI.
Nobbut a bit on it's left, an' I mean'd to 'a stubb'd
it at fall,
Done it