The original (from Anderson's Ballads In The Cumbrian Dialect) is pretty close and I'll try and post it later. In the meantime here's the missing bits from the original:
"Guide us!", quoth he, "what ha'e we now?".
And back he ran wi' nimmle heel, [nimble] And aye he owre his shou'der glym'd, [look obliquely/squint] And thought he'd dealins wi' the de'il.
And Meg and Jen are trig and crouse [tight and lofty/haughty] Sin he the yellow pwokie fan. [poke found]
Ye rich fwok aw, ye'll aye dui reet; Ye peer fwok aw, ye'll aye dui wrang;