But bit bi bit her spirits fell,
   Her face grew pale an’ thin;
For all her little fav’rite toys
   Shoo didn’t care a pin.

Aw saw th’ old wimmin shak ther heeads,
   Wi monny a doleful nod;
Aw knew they thowt shoo’d goa, but still
   Aw couldn’t think shoo wod.

Day after day my wife an’ me,
   Bent o’er that suff’rin child,
Shoo luk’d at mammy, an’ at me,
   Then shut her een an’ smiled.

At last her spirit pass’d away;
   Her once breet een wor dim;
Shoo’d heeard her Maker whisper ‘come,’
   An’ hurried off to Him.

Fowk tell’d us t’wor a sin to grieve,
   For God’s will must be best;
But when yo’ve lost a child yo’ve loved,
   It puts yor Faith to th’ test.

We pick’d a little bit o’ graand,
   Whear grass and daisies grew,
An’ trees wi spreeadin boughs aboon
   Ther solemn shadows threw.

We saw her laid to rest, within
   That deep grave newly made;
Wol th’ sexton let a tear drop fall,
   On th’ handle ov his spade.

It troubled us to walk away,
   An’ leeav her bi hersen;
Th’ full weight o’ what we’d had to bide,
   We’d niver felt till then.

But th’ hardest task wor yet to come,
   That pang can ne’er be towld;
‘Twor when aw feszend th’ door at nee’t,
   An’ locked her aat i’th’ cowld.

’Twor then hot tears roll’d daan mi cheek,
   ’Twor then aw felt mooast sad;
For shoo’d been sich a tender plant,
   An’ th’ only lass we had.

But nah we’re growin moor resign’d,
   Although her face we miss;
For He’s blest us wi another,
   An we’ve hopes o’ rearin this,

Give it ’em Hot.

Give it ’em hot, an be hanged to ther feelins! 
   Souls may be lost wol yor choosin’ yor words! 
Out wi’ them doctrines ‘at taich o’ fair dealins! 
   Daan wi’ a vice tho’ it may be a lord’s! 
What does it matter if truth be unpleasant? 
   Are we to lie a man’s pride to exalt! 
Why should a prince be excused, when a peasant
   Is bullied an’ blamed for a mich smaller fault?

O, ther’s too mich o’ that sneakin and bendin;
   An honest man still should be fearless and bold;
But at this day fowk seem to be feeared ov offendin,
   An’ they’ll bow to a cauf if it’s nobbut o’ gold. 
Give me a crust tho’ it’s dry, an’ a hard ’en,
   If aw know it’s my own aw can ait it wi’ glee;
Aw’d rayther bith hauf work all th’ day for a farden,
   Nor haddle a fortun wi’ bendin’ mi knee.

Let ivery man by his merit be tested,
   Net by his pocket or th’ clooas on his back;
Let hypocrites all o’ ther clooaks be divested,
   An’ what they’re entitled to, that let em tak. 
Give it ’em hot! but remember when praichin,
   All yo ’at profess others failins to tell,
‘At yo’ll do far moor gooid wi’ yor tawkin an’ taichin,
   If yo set an example, an’ improve yorsel.