William Barnes

The Wife A-Lost

Since I noo mwore do zee your feaece,
   Up steaeirs or down below,
I’ll zit me in the lwonesome pleaece,
   Where flat-bough’d beech do grow:
Below the beeches’ bough, my love,
   Where you did never come,
An’ I don’t look to meet ye now,
   As I do look at hwome.
 
Since you noo mwore be at my zide,
   In walks in zummer het,
I’ll goo alwone where mist do ride,
   Drough trees a-drippen wet:
Below the rain-wet bough, my love,
   Where you did never come,
An’ I don’t grieve to miss ye now,
   As I do grieve at home.
 
Since now bezide my dinner-bwoard
   Your vaice do never sound,
I’ll eat the bit I can avword,
   A-vield upon the ground;
Below the darksome bough, my love,
   Where you did never dine,
An’ I don’t grieve to miss ye now,
   As I at hwome do pine.
 
Since I do miss your vaice an’ feaece
   In prayer at eventide,
I’ll pray wi’ woone said vaice vor greaece
   To goo where you do bide;
Above the tree an’ bough, my love,
   Where you be gone avore,
An’ be a-waiten vor me now,
   To come vor evermwore.
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