For you can see
How very near in trouble was this Doctor B.
'Is that th' only song tha knows young man?'
'That's all aw know, Mr. Cheerman.'
'Why, tak my advice an' forget it as sooin as tha can, for aw niver heeard a war, an' see if tha cannot find a better. Nah tha can call for th' next.'
'Well, aw'll call o' owd Miles, an' if he con do ony better aw'll pay for th' next gallon.'
Old Miles stood up, an' crossed his hands i' front an turned up his een as if he wor gooin to relate his experience at a prayer-meetin, an' began:
They may talk of pure love but its fleeting at best;
Let them ridicule gold if they will;
But money's the thing that has long stood the test,