Above the grey-grow'd thistle rings,

An' deäisy-buds, the lark, in flight,

Did zing a-loft, wi' flappèn wings,

Tho' mwore in heärèn than in zight;

The while my bwoys, in plaÿvul me'th,

Did run till they wer out o' breath.

Then woone, wi' han'-besheäded eyes,

A-stoppèn still, as he did run,

Look'd up to zee the lark arise

A-zingèn to the high-gone zun;