An' dearer still, if that can be,

Nor what thease youngens are to thee,

Soa come,—nah do!

"A'a well!—tha'rt shy, tha hops away,—

Tha doesn't trust a word aw say;

Tha thinks aw'm here to rob an' plunder,

An' aw confess aw dunnot wonder—

But tha's noa need;

Aw'll leave yo to yorsels,—gooid bye!

For nah aw see yor daddy's nigh;