THE DRÈVEN O' THE COMMON.[*]

In the common by our hwome

There wer freely-open room,

Vor our litty veet to roam

By the vuzzen out in bloom.

That wi' prickles kept our lags

Vrom the skylark's nest ov aggs;

While the peewit wheel'd around

Wi' his cry up over head,

Or he sped, though a-limpèn, o'er the ground.