XII.
Do godamoighty knaw what a's doing a-taakin' o'
mea?
I beant wonn as saws 'ere a bean an' yonder a
pea;
An' Squoire 'ull be sa mad an' all—a' dear a'
dear!
And I 'a monaged for Squoire come Michaelmas
thirty year.
XIII.
A mowt 'a taaken Joanes, as 'ant a 'aapoth o'
sense,
Or a mowt a' taaken Robins—a niver mended a
fence:
But godamoighty a moost taake mea an' taake ma
now
Wi 'auf the cows to cauve an' Thornaby holms to
plow!
XIV.
Looak 'ow quoloty smoiles when they sees ma a
passin' by,
Says to thessen naw doot 'what a mon a be
sewer-ly!'
For they knaws what I bean to Squoire sin fust a
comed to the 'All;
I done my duty by Squoire an' I done my duty
by all.