Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect

by William Barnes

An' here I be ageän a-turnèn back.

BOB.

I'll work wi' thee then, Sammy, any day,

At any work dost like to teäke me at,

Vor any money thou dost like to lay.

Now, Mister Sammy, what dost think o' that?

My weäle is nearly twice so big as thine,

Or else, I warnt, I shouldden be behin'.

SAM.

Ah! hang thee, Bob! don't tell sich whoppèn lies.