Tha'd ait me if tha could."

Next day he browt a butcher,

For his patience had been tried,

An' wi a varry deeal to do,

Its legs wi rooap they tied;

An' then his shinin knife he drew

An' stuck it in its side—

It mud ha been a crockadile,

Bi th' thickness ov its hide.

But blooid began to flow, an' then