An' busy Leäbor there did come

A-zingèn zongs ov harvest hwome,

An' red-ear'd dogs did briskly run

Roun' cheervul Leisure wi' his gun,

Or stan' an' mark, wi' stedvast zight,

The speckled pa'tridge rise in flight.

An' next ageän to mild-feäc'd Fall

Did come peäle Winter, last ov all,

A-bendèn down, in thoughtvul mood,

Her head 'ithin a snow-white hood