BEES A-ZWARMEN.

Avore we went a-milkèn, vive

Or six o's here wer all alive

A-teäkèn bees that zwarm'd vrom hive;

An' we'd sich work to catch

The hummèn rogues, they led us sich

A dance all over hedge an' ditch;

An' then at last where should they pitch,

But up in uncle's thatch?

Dick rung a sheep-bell in his han';