Avore the zummer sky o' blue,

An' I'd noo ho but how to vind

Zome plaÿ to entertaïn my mind;

Along the water, as did wind

Wi' zedgy shoal an' hollow crook,

How I did ramble by the brook

That ran all down vrom gramfer's.

A-holdèn out my line beyond

The clote-leaves, wi' my withy wand,

How I did watch, wi' eager look,