There we heärd the whickr'èn meäre

Wi' her vaïce a-quiv'rèn high;

Where the cow did loudly bleäre

By the donkey's vallèn cry.

While a-stoopèn man did zwing

His bright hook at vuzz or ling

Free o' fear, wi' wellglov'd hands,

O' the prickly vuzz he vell'd,

Then sweet-smell'd as it died in faggot bands.

When the haÿward drove the stock