If't 'ull bring but a sov'rèn or two.

Vor to breed the young fox or the heäre,

We can gi'e up whole eäcres o' ground,

But the greens be a-grudg'd, vor to rear

Our young childern up healthy an' sound,

Why, there woont be a-left the next age

A green spot where their veet can goo free;

An' the goocoo wull soon be committed to cage

Vor a trespass in zomebody's tree.

Vor 'tis lockèn up, Thomas, an' blockèn up,