FARMER DOBBIN 



XII 



" Tom Ranee has got a single oie/ wurth many 



another's two, 

 He held his cap abuv his yed to show he'd had a 



view ; 

 Tom's voice was loik th' owd raven's when he skroik'd 



out ' Tally-ho ! ' 

 For when the fox had seen Tom's feace he thoght it 



toim to go. 



XIII 



" Ey moy ! a pratty jingle then went ringing through 



the skoy, 

 Furst Victory, then Villager begun the merry 



croy, 

 Then every maith was open from the oud'un to the 



pup, 

 An' aw the pack together took the swellin' chorus 



up. 



XIV 



" Ey moy ! a pratty skouver then was kick'd up in 



the vale. 

 They skim'd across the running brook, they topp'd 



the post an' rail. 

 They didna stop for razzur cop, but play'd at touch 



an' go, 

 An' them as miss'd a footin' there lay doubled up 



below. 



1 Note 40. 



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