His pooak o' seeat beneath his heead;

He wor content, nur car'd a pin,

An' his good friend then lock'd him in.

The lair frae t' hoose a distance stood,

Between 'em grew a lahtle wood.

Aboot midneeght, or nearer moorn,

Twea thieves brack in te steeal their coorn;

Hevin a leeght i' t' lantern dark,

Seean they te winder fell te wark;

An' wishing they'd a lad te fill,