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Why 'twer the squire, good now! a worthy man,

That vu'st brought into ouer pleäce the plan,

He zaid he'd let a vew odd eäcres

O' land to us poor leäb'rèn men;

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An', faïth, he had enough o' teäkers

Vor that, an' twice so much ageän.

Zoo I took zome here, near my hovel,

To exercise my speäde an' shovel;

An' what wi' dungèn, diggèn up, an' zeedèn,

A-thinnèn, cleänèn, howèn up an' weedèn,

I, an' the biggest o' the childern too,

Do always vind some useful jobs to do.