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JOHN.

Ah! teäke ceäre how dost trust em. Dost thou know

The funny feäble o' the pig an' crow?

Woone time a crow begun to strut an' hop

About some groun' that men'd a-been a-drillèn

Wi' barley or some wheat, in hopes o' villèn

Wi' good fresh corn his empty crop.

But lik' a thief, he didden like the païns