Anne an’ Joey a-ta'ken. talking

A. A plague! theäse cow wont stand a bit, this

Noo sooner do she zee me zit

Ageän her, than she's in a trot,

A-runnèn to zome other spot.

J. Why 'tis the dog do sceäre the cow,

He worried her a-vield benow. just now

A. Goo in, Ah! Liplap, where's your taïl!

J. He's off; then up athirt the raïl. across

Your cow there, Anne's a-come to hand

A goodish milcher. A. If she'd stand, milking cow

But then she'll steäre an’ start wi’ fright

To zee a dumbledore in flight. bumble-bee

Last week she het the païl a flought, blow

An’ flung my meal o’ milk half out.

J. Ha! Ha! But Anny, here, what lout

Broke half your small païl's bottom out?

A. What lout indeed! What, do ye own

The neäme? What dropp'd en on a stwone? it

J. Hee! Hee! Well now he's out o’ trim

Wi’ only half a bottom to en; it

Could you still vill en’ to the brim

An’ yit not let the milk run drough en? through

A. Aye, as for nonsense, Joe, your head

Do hold it all so tight's a blather, bladder

But if 'tis any good, do shed

It all so leäky as a lather. ladder

Could you vill païls 'ithout a bottom,

Yourself that be so deeply skill'd?

J. Well, ees, I could, if I'd a-got em yes

Inside o’ bigger woones a-vill'd. ones

A. La! that is zome'hat vor to hatch! think up

Here answer me theäse little catch. this, riddle

Down under water an’ o’ top o't of it

I went, an’ didden touch a drop o't.

J. Not when at mowèn time I took

An’ pull'd ye out o’ Longmeäd brook,

Where you'd a-slidder'd down the edge

An’ zunk knee-deep bezide the zedge,

A-tryèn to reäke out a clote. yellow water-lily

A. Aye I do hear your chucklèn droat. throat

When I athirt the brudge did bring across

Zome water on my head vrom spring,

Then under water an’ o’ top o't

Wer I an’ didden touch a drop o't.