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Our Mertn's cumd hum cheeld so drunk as a Beast And so cross as the Gallish from [Perran zan?] feast A cumd in a tottaring, cufsing and swearing So hard as a Stompes and tarving a [tearing?]. Mally ['Mally' is underlined] Naver meynd et un Greacy, goa put en to bed All sleep ale the lecker aweay from es head Greacy ['Greacy' is underlined] Id net goa a neest en, to fang the Kings crown For a swears of I speak to an al cleve ma skul down Tho never en ale the born days fath a shoar Dedst behould sichey [mazegerry?] Pattick a foar My a scat ale to midjans a jouds for the noans a cloam Buzza of scale milk about on the scoans And a raockd up a showl for to steeve ma outright But em runnd away ready to fainty for fright. Loard! tell ma [Aunt?] Mally what shall ey do by an? For Zomdtikens Deth! Eym afeard to cum my an. Mally ['Mally' is underlined] I know what Eid gee, an ef so, be 'twor my case Eid scat tha ould Chacks aa'n Eid trem an un Grace Greacy ['Greacy' is underlined]

by Maria Knoops; maschaknoops@gmail.com; on the 15th of July 2017