To keepèn up o' Chris'mas.

An' there wer wold an' young; an' Bill,

Soon after dark, stalk'd up vrom mill.

An' when he wer a-comèn near,

He whissled loud vor me to hear;

Then roun' my head my frock I roll'd,

An' stood in orcha'd like a post,

To meäke en think I wer a ghost.

But he wer up to't, an' did scwold

To vind me stannèn in the cwold,