WHETHER OR NOT [p. xliv]

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Dunna thee tell me its his’n, mother,

Dunna thee, dunna thee.

—Oh ay! he’ll be comin’ to tell thee his-sèn

Wench, wunna he?

Tha doesna mean to say to me, mother,

He’s gone wi that—

—My gel, owt’ll do for a man i’ the dark,

Tha’s got it flat.