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Did yo Ivver!

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"Gooid gracious!" cried Susy, one fine summer's morn,     "Here's a bonny to do! aw declare!     Aw wor nivver soa capt sin th' day aw wor born!     Aw neer saw sich a seet at a fair.     Here, Sally! come luk! There's a maase made its nest     Reight i'th' craan o' mi new Sundy bonnet!     Haivver its fun its way into this chist,     That caps me! Aw'm fast what to mak on it!     It's cut! Sithee thear! It's run reight under th' bed!     An luk here! What's these little things stirrin?     If they arn't some young uns 'at th' gooid-for-nowt's bred,     May aw be as deead as a herrin!     But what does ta say? 'Aw mun draand 'em?' nooan soa!     Just luk ha they're seekin ther mother;     Shoo must be a poor little softheead to goa;     For awm nooan baan to cause her noa bother.     But its rayther to bad, just to mak her hooam thear;     For mi old en's net fit to be seen in;     An this new en, awm thinkin, 'll luk rayther queer     After sich a rum lot as that's been in.     But shut up awr pussy, an heed what aw say;     Yo mun keep a sharp eye or shoo'll chait us;     Ah if shoo sees th' mother shoo'll kill it! An pray     What mun become o' these poor helpless crayturs?     A'a dear! fowk have mich to be thankful for, yet,     'At's a roof o' ther own to cawer under,     For if we'd to seek ony nook we could get,     Whativver'd come on us aw wonder?     We should nooan on us like to be turned aght o' door,     Wi' a lot o' young bairns to take care on;     An altho' awm baght bonnet, an think misen poor,     What little aw have yo'st have't share on.     That poor little maase aw dooant think meant me harm,     Shoo ne'er knew what that bonnet had cost me;     All shoo wanted wor some little nook snug an warm     An a gooid two-o'-three shillin its lost me.     Aw should think as they've come into th' world born i' silk,     They'll be aristocratical varmin;     But awm wasting mi time! awl goa get 'em some milk,     An na daat but th' owd lass likes it warmin.     Bless mi life! a few drops 'll sarve them! If we try     Awm weel sure we can easily spare 'em,     But as sooin as they're able, awl mak 'em all fly!     Nivver mind if aw dooant! harum scarum!"

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