"Donec Gratus Eram"
(Devonshire dialect)
He
So long as 'twuz me alone
An' there wasn't no other chaps,
I was praoud as a King on 'is throne—
Happier tu, per'aps.
She
So long as 'twuz only I
An' there wasn't no other she
Yeou cared for so much—surely
I was as glad as glad could be.
He
But now I'm in lovv with Jane Pritt—
She can play the piano, she can;
An' if dyin' 'u'd 'elp 'er a bit
I'd die laike a man.
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