'It's time to talk about that hay,'

'Nine pund,' says he, 'and I'm your man,

Live, and let live—for that's my plan.'

'That's true,' says I, 'but still I say,

It's nine pun' ten for that 'ere hay,'

And so we chaffers for a bit,

At long and last the odds we split;

And off he sets to show the way,

Where up a yard I leaves the hay.

Then, from the pocket of his coat,