NORTHERN FARMER.
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x.
Nowt at all but bracken an' fuzz, an' looäk at it now—
Warn't worth nowt a haäcre, an' now theer's lots o' feäd,
Fourscore yows upon it an' some on it doon in seäd.
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Done it ta-year I meän'd, an' runn'd plow thruff it an' all,
If godamoighty an' parson 'ud nobbut let ma aloän,
Meä, wi haäte oonderd haäcre o' Squoire's, an' lond o' my oän.