A Zong

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O Jenny, don't sobby! vor I shall be true;
  Noo might under heaven shall peärt me vrom you.
  My heart will be cwold, Jenny, when I do slight
  The zwell o' thy bosom, thy eyes' sparklèn light.

  My kinsvo'k would faïn zee me teäke vor my meäte
  A maïd that ha' wealth, but a maïd I should heäte;
  But I'd sooner leäbour wi' thee vor my bride,
  Than live lik' a squier wi' any bezide.

  Vor all busy kinsvo'k, my love will be still
  A-zet upon thee lik' the vir in the hill;
  An' though they mid worry, an' dreaten, an' mock,
  My head's in the storm, but my root's in the rock.

  Zoo, Jenny, don't sobby! vor I shall be true;
  Noo might under heaven shall peärt me vrom you.
  My heart will be cwold, Jenny, when I do slight
  The zwell o' thy bosom, thy eyes' sparklèn light.

© William Barnes