An' busy hands a-tweilèn on,

You'll vind zome useful work to do

Until the vallèn dew.

THE WIFE A-LOST.

Since I noo mwore do zee your feäce,

Up steäirs or down below,

I'll zit me in the lwonesome pleäce,

Where flat-bough'd beech do grow:

Below the beeches' bough, my love,