An' vull an angel he shall be,

But here on e'th not vull a man,

No; I could boast if others can,

I'm vull a man.

I woonce, a child, wer father-fed,

An' I've a vound my childern bread;

My eärm, a sister's trusty crook,

Is now a faïthvul wife's own hook;

An' I've a-gone where vo'k did zend,

An' gone upon my own free mind,