Note 181 — LOCAL CUSTOMS AND USAGES AT VARIOUS SEASONS.
Reading edition
Here is the specimen of one sung from house to house during Christmas:—
We're nather cum to yare hase to beg nor to borrow, But we're cum to yare hase to drive away o sorrow; A suop o' drink, as yau may think, for we're varra droy, We'll tell yau what we're cum for—a piece o' Christmas poye.