Wi' flowèn heäir, an' frocks o' white.

"An' here," good Meäster Collins cried,

"You'll zee a creädle at her zide,

An' there's her child, a-lyèn deep

'Ithin it, an' a-gone to sleep,

Wi' little eyelashes a-met

In fellow streäks, as black as jet;

The while her needle, over head,

Do nimbly leäd the snow-white thread,

To zew a robe her love do meäke