A-wedded an' a-peärted!

Vor woone ov jaÿ, what peals mid come

To zome o's broken-hearted!

The stronger mid the sooner die,

The gaÿer mid the sooner sigh;

An' who do know

What grief's below

The bells ov Alderburnham!

But still 'tis happiness to know

That there's a God above us;