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Bud seein all mah cumforts gooan, Ah didden't knaw what way te ton, Then Ah began te sigh an' mooan,

Beeath neeght an' day ; Ah bovvght a Baable, an' began

Te reead an' pray.

An' as Ah reead, an' as Ah preea'd,

Ah thowght it thunner'd ower mah heead.

An' offens Ah' wur sadly flay'd

Wi' dismal noises, Sumtaames i' bed Ah thowght Ah heeard

Some ungkerd voices.

A preeacher chanc'd te cum this way, Ah'v cause te ivver bless the day. Kind Providence leead me that way

This man te heear ; Ah, like a sheep, had geean astray

For monny a yeear.

He sed 'twur fluv o' Christ cumpell'd him,

Bud seean as ivver Ah beeheld him,

Ah thowght 'at sum kind fiind hed tell'd him

All mah heart ; For ivv'ry word, like arrows pointed,

INIeead it smart.

Ah thowght, till then, 'at Ah wur reeght, Bud he set mah sins all i'mah seeght, At last Ah fell doon at his feet

Wi' solid grief; Ah thowght Ah sud ha' deead afoore

Ah fund relief.