Their scraggy lim's athirt the road,

While evenèn zuns, a'móst a-zet,

Gi'ed goolden light, but little het,

The merry chaps an' maïdens met,

An' look'd to zomebody to neäme

Their bit o' fun, a dance or geäme,

'Twer Poll they cluster'd round.

An' after they'd a-had enough

O' snappèn tongs, or blind-man's buff,

O' winter nights, an' went an' stood