Or in the settle so high behine en,

While down bezide en the dog do snooze,

Our tongues do run, O,

Enough to stun, O,

Your head wi' glee by the welshnut tree.

There we do plaÿ 'thread the woman's needle.'

An' slap the maïdens a-dartèn drough:

Or try who'll ax em the hardest riddle,

Or soonest tell woone a-put us, true;

Or zit an' ring, O,