The clot, up thump ageän the door.

Zoo out run Poll an' Tom, to zee

What all the meänèn o't mid be;

"Now who did that?" zaid Poll. "Who whurr'd

Theäse clot?" "Girt Soft-poll!" cried the bird.

An' when Tom catch'd a glimpse o' Jim,

A-lookèn all so red an' slim,

An' slinkèn on, he vled, red hot,

Down leäne to catch en, lik' a shot;

But Jim, that thought he'd better trust