An' scores o' merry tongues did speak

At woonce, an' childern's pipes did squeak,

An' horns did blow, an' drums did rumble,

An' bawlèn merrymen did tumble;

An' woone did all but want an edge

To peärt the crowd wi', lik' a wedge.

We zaw the dancers in a show

Dance up an' down, an' to an' fro,

Upon a rwope, wi' chalky zoles,

So light as magpies up on poles;