Meaken Up A Miff

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Vorgi'e me, Jenny, do! an' rise
  Thy hangèn head an' teary eyes,
  An' speak, vor I've a-took in lies,
  An' I've a-done thee wrong;
  But I wer twold,--an' thought 'twer true,--
  That Sammy down at Coome an' you
  Wer at the feäir, a-walkèn drough
  The pleäce the whole day long.

  An' tender thoughts did melt my heart,
  An' zwells o' viry pride did dart
  Lik' lightnèn drough my blood; a-peärt
  Ov your love I should scorn,
  An' zoo I vow'd, however sweet
  Your looks mid be when we did meet,
  I'd trample ye down under veet,
  Or let ye goo forlorn.

  But still thy neäme would always be
  The sweetest, an' my eyes would zee
  Among all maïdens nwone lik' thee
  Vor ever any mwore;
  Zoo by the walks that we've a-took
  By flow'ry hedge an' zedgy brook,
  Dear Jenny, dry your eyes, an' look
  As you've a-look'd avore.

  Look up, an' let the evenèn light
  But sparkle in thy eyes so bright,
  As they be open to the light
  O' zunzet in the west;
  An' let's stroll here vor half an hour,
  Where hangèn boughs do meäke a bow'r
  Above theäse bank, wi' eltrot flow'r
  An' robinhoods a-drest.

© William Barnes