THE CHANGES 0' LIFE

TEUN- "It's time te get up."

JIM CARR wes only a poor man's son,
But a happy lad wes he,
He pass'd the days iv his patched-up claes,
Wiv a heart byeth leet an' free;
Ne trouble te cawse a moment's pain,
An' as blithe as he cud be,
He'd laffan' sing-"Aw wish a' the world·
Wes only as happy as me!"

The time flew by, an' he went te wark,
An' the forst change there he knew,
Wi' hearty will he displayed his skill,
An' a tidy workman grew;
He wes seun forst-class,-wi' honest pride,
An' a fyece lit up wi' glee,
He'd sing at wark-"Aw wish a' the world
Wes only as happy as me!"

Frev a man te maister noo he turn'd,
An' a brisk gud trade had he,
The orders poor'd in at iv'ry side,
Ay, far mair then he cud de;
An' frinds com roond him wi' open hands,
At least "thor a' frinds," thowt he,
An' gladly sung-" Aw wish a' the world
Wes only as lucky as met"
But swindlers com roond as weel as frinds,

An' a bankrupt seun he turn'd,
Cast off be them that profess'd the most,
Ay, neglected, robb'd, an' spurn'd;
He lay i' jail, wiv a doon-cast heart,
An' he wish'd that he wes free,
An' sung-" Iv a two-fyeced world like this,
Is thor not one true {rind te me!"
At last relieved frev his weary cage,

As journeyman he begun,
Gud fortun once mair clung tiv his side,
An' maister he wes seun;
The mair he myed-the mair trade he got,
Till independent was he,
An' then he sung-" Aw wish a' the world
Knew just only as much as me!"
"When aw diddent need a single frind,

Aw had plenty then," said he,
"But when aw did i' me hard-up times,
Not a one com up te me,
Aw'Illuck te me-sel, tho a selfish man
Aw divvent intend te be,
An' still sing on-Aw wish a! the world
May nivor de warse than met"

-Source: Joe Wilson, (author) Songs and Drolleries, 1890