Ta g'under 'em or g'auver 'em

A try'd booäth grate and smâll; Bit g'under, g'auver, g'in, or g'out, A cood'n than at âll.

"Lord bless ye! gennel-vawk!" zed he, "I'm come to Glassenberry

"To zee tha Torr an Hawly Thorn; "What makes ye look za merry

Why mister wizard! dwont ye knaw, "Theäse town is câll'd Bejwâter!" Cried out a whipper-snapper man : Thâ âll bust out in lâughter.

"I be'n't a wizard, zur!" a zed; "Bit I'm a little titch'd ;*

"Or, witherwise, you mid well thenk "I'm, zure anow, bewitch'd!"

Thaw Jerry war, vor âll tha wordle,
Like very zel o' quiet,

A veel'd iz blood ta bwile athin

At jitchy zort o' riot;

* Touched.

Za out a jump'd amangst 'em âll!
A made a desperd bussle ;

Zum hirn'd awâ-zum made a ston;

Wi' zum a had a tussle.

Iz stick now sar'd 'em justice good;
It war a tough groun ash;
Upon ther heads a plâ'd awâ,
An round about did drash.

Thâ belg’d, thâ raur’d, thâ scamper’d all,
A zoon voun rum ta stoory;
A thawt a'd be reveng'd at once,
Athout a judge or jury.

An, thaw a brawk naw-body's bwons,

A gid zum bloody nawzes;

Tha pirty maids war fainty too;

Hirn'd vrom ther cheaks tha rawzes.

Thinks he, me gennelmen! when nex

I goo to Glassenberry,

Yea shant ha jitch a rig wi' I,

Nor at my cost be merry.

G

Zaw, havin clear'd izzel a wâ,

Right whim went Jerry Nutty; A flourished roun iz wâkin stick ; An vleng'd awâ iz tutty.

TEDDY BAND.

THE short and simple annals of the poor.

GRAY.