When I was boon apprentice In vamous Zoomerzet Shere, Lauks! I zerved my meester truly Vor neerly zeven yeer, _U_ntil I took to _Pow_ching, Az you zhall quickly heer. CHO. Ou! 'twas ma delyght in a shiny night, In the zeazon of the year: Ou! 'twas ma delyght in a shiny night, In the zeazon of the year. Az me and ma coomerades Were zetting on a snere, Lauks! the Geamkeepoors caem oop to uz; Vor them we did na kere, 'Case we could fight or wrestle, lads, Jump over ony wheere. CHO. Ou! 'twas ma delyght in a shiny night, In the zeazon of the year: Ou! 'twas ma delyght in a shiny night, In the zeazon of the year. Az we went oot wan morning Atwixt your vive and zeex, We cautcht a here alive, ma lads, We found un in a deetch; We popt un in a bag, ma lads, We yoiten off vor town, We took un to a neeghboor's hoose, And we zold un vor a crown. We zold un vor a crown, ma lads, But a wont tell ye wheere. CHO. Ou! 'twas ma delyght in a shiny night, In the zeazon of the year: Ou! 'twas ma delyght in a shiny night, In the zeazon of the year. Then here's success to Powching, Vor A doos think it feere, And here's look to ere a gentleman Az wants to buy a heere, And here's to ere a geamkeepoor, Az woona zell it deere. CHO. Ou! 'twas ma delyght in a shiny night, In the zeazon of the year: Ou! 'twas ma delyght in a shiny night, In the zeazon of the year. The Presbytery might have overlooked your fault, Mac, for the case was not a flagrant one, and you were willing, we understand, to make her an honest woman. Do you think you could recollect one of your sermons? In action and in unction you had not your superior in the Synod. Do give us a screed about Nimrod or Nebuchadnezzar. No desecration in a sermon--better omitted, we grant, prayer and psalm. Should you be unable to reproduce an entire discourse, yet by dove-tailing--that is, a bit from one and a bit from another--surely you can be at no loss for half an hour's miscellaneous matter--heads and tails. Or suppose we let you off with a View of the Church Question. You look glum and shake your head. Can you, Mac, how can you resist that Pulpit?