BY t' side of a brig, that stands over a brook,
I was sent by times to school;
I went wi' the stream as I studied my book,
And was thought to be no small fool.
I never yet bought a pig in a poke,
For to give auld Nick his due;
Tho' oft I've dealt wi' Yorkshire folk,
Yet I was Yorkshire too.
I was pretty well lik'd by each village maid,