I'th nook o'th' window ledge,

He saw th' back booan wor sticken aght,

Like th' thin end ov a wedge;

It luk'd like an' owd blanket

Hung ovver th' winterhedge.

His mother rooar'd an' th' wimmen sigh'd,

But th' chaps did nowt but laff;

Poor Billy he could hardly bide,

To sit an' hear ther chaff—

Then up he jumped, an' off he run,