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An' the little gells bobs to ma hoffens es I be abroad i' the laänes,

When I goäs fur to coomfut the poor es be down wi' their haäches an' their paäins:

An' a haäf-pot o' jam, or a mossel o' meät when it beänt too dear,

They maäkes ma a graäter Laädy nor 'er i' the mansion theer,

Hes 'es hallus to hax of a man how much to spare or to spend;

An' a spinster I be an' I will be, if soä pleäse God, to the hend.