An' beäten weäves below.

Zee how the tweilèn vo'k do bend

Upon their windward track,

Wi' ev'ry string, an' garment's end,

A-flutt'rèn at their back."

I cried, wi' sorrow sore a-tried,

An' hung, wi' Jenny at my zide,

My head upon my breast.

Wi' strokes o' grief so hard to bear,

'Tis hard vor souls to rest.