WE Do'set, though we mid be hwomely, may

Be'nt asheäm'd to own our pleäce;

An’ we've zome women not uncomely;

Nor asheäm'd to show their feäce:

We've a meäd or two wo'th mowèn, worth

We've an ox or two wo'th showèn,

In the village,

At the tillage,

Come along an’ you shall vind

That Do'set men don't sheäme their kind.

Friend an’ wife,

Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers,

Happy, happy, be their life!

Vor Do'set dear,

Then gi'e woone cheer; give one

D'ye hear? woone cheer!

If you in Do'set be a-roamèn,

An’ ha’ business at a farm,

Then woont ye zee your eäle a-foamèn! ale

Or your cider down to warm?

Woont ye have brown bread a-put ye, offered to you

An’ some vinny cheese a-cut ye? blue vinny (made from skimmed milk)

Butter?—rolls o't! of it

Cream?—why bowls o't!

Woont ye have, in short, your vill,

A-gi'ed wi’ a right good will? given

Friend an’ wife,

Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers,

Happy, happy, be their life!

Vor Do'set dear,

Then gi'e woone cheer; give one

D'ye hear? woone cheer!

An’ woont ye have vor ev'ry shillèn,

Shillèn's wo'th at any shop, worth

Though Do'set chaps be up to zellèn,

An’ can meäke a tidy swop?

Use em well, they'll use you better;

In good turns they woont be debtor.

An’ so comely,

An’ so hwomely,

Be the maïdens, if your son

Took woone o'm, then you'd cry ―Well done!” one of them

Friend an’ wife,

Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers,

Happy, happy, be their life!

Vor Do'set dear,

Then gi'e woone cheer;

D'ye hear? woone cheer!

If you do zee our good men travel,

Down a-voot, or on their meäres, horses

Along the windèn leänes o’ gravel, lanes

To the markets or the feäirs,—

Though their ho'ses cwoats be ragged, horses’

Though the men be muddy-laggèd,

Be they roughish,

Be they gruffish,

They be sound, an’ they will stand

By what is right wi’ heart an’ hand.

Friend an’ wife,

Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers,

Happy, happy, be their life!

Vor Do'set dear,

Then gi'e woone cheer; give

D'ye hear?