'Tis jist the very thing vor Jack an' I

To goo a-colepecksèn wi' by an' by.

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WIFE.

The teäties must be ready pretty nigh;

Do teäke woone up upon the fork' an' try.

The ceäke upon the vier, too, 's a-burnèn,

I be afeärd: do run an' zee, an' turn en.

JOHN.