‘Twar a varra neyce wo’lld ’at wa live in,An’ bonny it still mud be maad,If prahd an’ au’d Harry wad give in,An’ pafty fooak putten i’ t’ shaad.If t’ pawky war nobbut all maastthered,An’ swaimish fooak nut ower green,Sum neeams wadn’t then be seea plaastered,An’ things wad be mair what tha seeam.If scann’l war shun’d leyke a hag-wo’m,An’ fooak awlus thowt, ‘foor tha spak,Wa s’u’d aim ti deea all a good to’n,Whahl ill-will wad tak off iv a crack.If ti illify, spite an’ sike uthersC’u’d be deng’d cleean off t’ feeace o’ t’ yeth,Wa sud live mair leyke sisters an’ bruthers,An’ ‘ev mair ov innocent mirth.
‘Twar a varra neyce wo’lld ’at wa live in,An’ bonny it still mud be maad,If prahd an’ au’d Harry wad give in,An’ pafty fooak putten i’ t’ shaad.If t’ pawky war nobbut all maastthered,An’ swaimish fooak nut ower green,Sum neeams wadn’t then be seea plaastered,An’ things wad be mair what tha seeam.If scann’l war shun’d leyke a hag-wo’m,An’ fooak awlus thowt, ‘foor tha spak,Wa s’u’d aim ti deea all a good to’n,Whahl ill-will wad tak off iv a crack.If ti illify, spite an’ sike uthersC’u’d be deng’d cleean off t’ feeace o’ t’ yeth,Wa sud live mair leyke sisters an’ bruthers,An’ ‘ev mair ov innocent mirth.
‘Twar a varra neyce wo’lld ’at wa live in,An’ bonny it still mud be maad,If prahd an’ au’d Harry wad give in,An’ pafty fooak putten i’ t’ shaad.If t’ pawky war nobbut all maastthered,An’ swaimish fooak nut ower green,Sum neeams wadn’t then be seea plaastered,An’ things wad be mair what tha seeam.If scann’l war shun’d leyke a hag-wo’m,An’ fooak awlus thowt, ‘foor tha spak,Wa s’u’d aim ti deea all a good to’n,Whahl ill-will wad tak off iv a crack.If ti illify, spite an’ sike uthersC’u’d be deng’d cleean off t’ feeace o’ t’ yeth,Wa sud live mair leyke sisters an’ bruthers,An’ ‘ev mair ov innocent mirth.
‘Twar a varra neyce wo’lld ’at wa live in,
An’ bonny it still mud be maad,
If prahd an’ au’d Harry wad give in,
An’ pafty fooak putten i’ t’ shaad.
If t’ pawky war nobbut all maastthered,
An’ swaimish fooak nut ower green,
Sum neeams wadn’t then be seea plaastered,
An’ things wad be mair what tha seeam.
If scann’l war shun’d leyke a hag-wo’m,
An’ fooak awlus thowt, ‘foor tha spak,
Wa s’u’d aim ti deea all a good to’n,
Whahl ill-will wad tak off iv a crack.
If ti illify, spite an’ sike uthers
C’u’d be deng’d cleean off t’ feeace o’ t’ yeth,
Wa sud live mair leyke sisters an’ bruthers,
An’ ‘ev mair ov innocent mirth.