"Nout," says Tommy, "I'll swop ivven hands, an' ye will!"

Abey preached a lang time about summat ta boot,

Insistin' that his war the liveliest brute;

But Tommy stuck fast where he first had begun,

Till Abey shook hands, and sed, "Well, Tommy, done!"

"O! Tommy," sed Abey, "I'ze sorry for thee,

I thowt thou'd a hadden mair white i' thy ee;

Good luck's wi' thy bargin, for my horse is deead."

"Hey!" says Tommy, "my lad, soa is min, an' it's fleead!"

Soa Tommy got t' better of t' bargin, a vast,