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William Barnes
1801 -1886

1       Since I noo mwore do zee your feace,
2         Up stears or down below,
3     I'll zit me in the lwonesome pleace,
4         Where flat-bough'd beech do grow;
5     Below the beeches' bough, my love,
6         Where you did never come,
7     An' I don't look to meet ye now,
8         As I do look at hwome.

9       Since you noo mwore be at my zide,
10       In walks in zummer het,
11   I'll goo alwone where mist do ride,
12       Drough trees a-drippen wet;
13   Below the rain-wet bough, my love,
14       Where you did never come,
15   An' I don't grieve to miss ye now,
16       As I do grieve at hwome.

17     Since now bezide my dinner-bwoard
18       Your vaice do never sound,
19   I'll eat the bit I can avword,
20       A-vield upon the ground;
21   Below the darksome bough, my love,
22       Where you did never dine,
23   An' I don't grieve to miss ye now,
24       As I at hwome do pine.

25     Since I do miss your vaice an' feace
26       In pra{"y}er at eventide,
27   I'll pray wi' woone sad vaice vor greace
28       To goo where you do bide;
29   Above the tree an' bough, my love,
30       Where you be gone avore,
31   An' be a-waiten vor me now,
32       To come vor evermwore.

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