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She leuk’t i’ my feàce, an’ than, hoaf turn’t away,

She hung doon her heid an’ said “M’appen I may!

M’appen I may”—(low doon)—“m’appen I may,

I think thou means fairly, an’ m’appen I may.”

We’re hingin’ i’t’ bell reàps3—to t’ parson I’ve toak’t,

An’ I gev him a hint as he maffelt an’ jwoak’t,

To mind when she sud say “love, honour, OBEY,”

’At she doesn’t slip through wid her “M’appen I may.”

M’appen I may, may be—m’appen I may,

But we moont put up than wid a “m’appen I may.”

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“Git oot wid the’, Jwohnny, thou’s no’but a fash;

Thou’ll come till thou raises a desperat clash;4

Thou’s here ivery day just to put yan aboot,

An’ thou moiders yan terrably—Jwohnny, git oot!

What says t’e? I’s bonnie? Whey! That’s nowte ’at’s new.

Thou’s wantin’ a sweetheart?—Thou’s hed a gay few!

An’ thou’s cheatit them, yan efter t’ t’udder, nèa doubt;

But I’s nūt to be cheatit sèa—Jwohnny, git oot!

There’s plenty o’ lads i’ beàth Lamplugh an’ Dean

As yabble as thee, an’ as weel to be seen;