An' of'en at my own wits' end.

A-led o' God while I wer blind.

No; I could boast if others can

I'm vull a man.

An' still, ov all my tweil ha' won,

My lovèn maïd an' merry son,

Though each in turn's a jaÿ an' ceäre,

'Ve a-had, an' still shall have, their sheäre:

An' then, if God should bless their lives,

Why I mid zend vrom son to son