“COME on. Be sprack, a-laggèn back.” hurry up

“Oh! be there any cows to hook?” gore

“ Lauk she's afraïd, a silly maïd.” Lord

“Cows? No, the cows be down by brook.”

“O here then, oh! here is a lot.”

“A lot o’ what? what is it? what?”

“Why blackberries, as thick

As ever they can stick.”

“ I've dewberries, oh! twice low-growing blackberries

As good as they; so nice.”

“Look here. Theäse boughs be all but blue these

Wi’ snags.” sloes

“Oh! gi'e me down a vew.” give

“Come here, oh! do but look.”

“What's that? what is it now?”

“Why nuts a-slippèn shell.”

“Hee! hee! pull down the bough.”

“I wish I had a crook.”

“ There zome o'm be a-vell.” of them, fallen

(One sings)

“I wish I was on Bimport Hill

I would zit down and cry my vill.”

“ Hee! hee! there's Jenny zomewhere nigh,

A-zingèn that she'd like to cry.”

(Jenny sings)

“I would zit down and cry my vill

Until my tears would dreve a mill.” drive

“ Oh! here's an ugly crawlèn thing,

A sneäke.” “A slooworm; he wont sting.” slow-worm (snake-like lizard)

“ Hee! hee! how she did squal an’ hop,

A-spinnèn roun’ so quick's a top.”

“Look here, oh! quick, be quick.”

“What is it? what then? where?”

“A rabbit.” “No, a heäre.”

“Ooh! ooh! the thorns do prick.”

“How he did scote along the ground race

As if he wer avore a hound.”

“Now mind the thistles.” “Hee, hee, hee,

Why they be knapweeds.” “No.” “They be.”

“I've zome'hat in my shoe.”

“Zit down, an’ sheäke it out.”

“Oh! emmets, oh! ooh, ooh, ants

A-crawlèn all about.”

“What bird is that, O harken, hush.

How sweetly he do zing.”

“A nightingeäle.” “La! no, a drush.” thrush

“Oh! here's a funny thing.”

“Oh! how the bull do hook,

An’ bleäre, an’ fling the dirt.” bellow

“Oh! wont he come athirt?” across

“No, he's beyond the brook.”

“O lauk! a hornet rose Lord

Up clwose avore my nose.”

“Oh! what wer that so white

Rush'd out o’ thik tree's top?” that

“An owl.” “How I did hop,

How I do sheäke wi’ fright.”

“A musheroom.” “O lau!

A twoadstool! Pwoison! Augh.”

“What's that, a mouse?”