An' Joa o' Abe's throo Waerley;

An' Lijah off o'th' Lavver Hill,

Wor passing th' ale raand rarely.—

Throo raand and square they seem'd to meet,

To hear or tell a stoory;

But th' gem o' all aw heard last neet

Wor one bi Dooad o'th' gloory.

He bet his booits 'at it wor true,

An' all seem'd to believe him;

Tho' if he'd lost he need'nt rue—