Would never goo a nun, min;

She'd have noo call to be afraïd

Bezide a farmer's son, min.

He'll turn a vurrow, drough his langth,

So straïght as eyes can look,

Or pitch all day, wi' half his strangth,

At ev'ry pitch a pook;

An' then goo vower mile, or vive,

To vind his friends in fun, min,

Vor maïden's be but dead alive