Vor them two childern all in black;

But they had now, wi' plaÿthings new,

Noo mother vor to shew em to,

Vor Ellen Brine ov Allenburn

Would never mwore return.

THE MOTHERLESS CHILD.

The zun'd a-zet back tother night,

But in the zettèn pleäce

The clouds, a-redden'd by his light,