An' looks I know'd avore, John.

Why is it, friends that we've a-met

By zuns that now ha' long a-zet,

Or winter vires that bleäzed for wold

An' young vo'k, now vor ever cwold,

Be met wi' jaÿ that can't be twold?

Why, 'tis because they friends have all

Our youthvul spring ha' left our fall,—

The looks we know'd avore, John.

'Tis lively at a feäir, among