But promise tha'll keep it reight squat,

For aw wodn't for th' world let it aght;

But aw can't keep it in—tha knows that.

We'd a meetin at the schooil yesterneet,

An' Jimmy wor thear,—tha's seen Jim?

An' he hutch'd cloise to me in a bit,

To ax me for th' number o'th' hymn;

Aw thowt 't wor a gaumless trick,

For he heeard it geen aght th' same as me;

An' he just did th' same thing tother wick,—