The wold woone did avore 'twer down;

Wi' little windows straïght an' flat,

Not big enough to zun a-cat,

An' dealèn door a-meäde so thin,

A puff o' wind would blow en in,

Where woone do vind a thing to knock

So small's the hammer ov a clock,

That wull but meäke a little click

About so loud's a clock do tick!

Gi'e me the wold house, wi' the wide