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Bud seein all mah cumforts gooan, Ah didden't knaw what way te ton, Then Ah began te sigh an' mooan,
Beeath neeght an' day ; Ah bovvght a Baable, an' began
Te reead an' pray.
An' as Ah reead, an' as Ah preea'd,
Ah thowght it thunner'd ower mah heead.
An' offens Ah' wur sadly flay'd
Wi' dismal noises, Sumtaames i' bed Ah thowght Ah heeard
Some ungkerd voices.
A preeacher chanc'd te cum this way, Ah'v cause te ivver bless the day. Kind Providence leead me that way
This man te heear ; Ah, like a sheep, had geean astray
For monny a yeear.
He sed 'twur fluv o' Christ cumpell'd him,
Bud seean as ivver Ah beeheld him,
Ah thowght 'at sum kind fiind hed tell'd him
All mah heart ; For ivv'ry word, like arrows pointed,
INIeead it smart.
Ah thowght, till then, 'at Ah wur reeght, Bud he set mah sins all i'mah seeght, At last Ah fell doon at his feet
Wi' solid grief; Ah thowght Ah sud ha' deead afoore
Ah fund relief.
