RACKETÈN JOE

Racketèn Joe; his Sister; his Cousin Fanny; and the Dog

RACKETÈN JOE

HEIGH! heigh! here. Who's about?

HIS SISTER

Oh! lauk! Here's Joe, a rantèn lout, Lord

A-meäkèn his wild randy-rout. racket

RACKETÈN JOE

Heigh! Fanny! How d'ye do? (slaps her.)

FANNY

Oh! fie; why all the woo'se vor you worse

A-slappèn o’ me, black an’ blue,

My back!

HIS SISTER

A whack! you loose-eärm'd chap, -armed

To gi'e your cousin sich a slap! give

FANNY

I'll pull the heäir o'n, I do vow; his hair

HIS SISTER

I'll pull the ears o'n. There.

THE DOG

Wowh! wow!

FANNY

A-comèn up the drong, lane

How he did smack his leather thong,

A-zingèn, as he thought, a zong;

HIS SISTER

An’ there the pigs did scote race

Azide, in fright, wi’ squeakèn droat, throat

Wi’ geese a pitchèn up a note.

Look there.

FANNY

His chair!

HIS SISTER

He thump'd en down, it

As if he'd het en into ground. hit it

RACKETÈN JOE

Heigh! heigh! Look here! the vier is out. fire

HIS SISTER

How he do knock the tongs about!

FANNY

Now theäre's his whip-nob, plum

Upon the teäble vor a drum;

HIS SISTER

An’ there's a dent so big's your thumb.

RACKETÈN JOE

My hat's awore so quaer.

HIS SISTER

'Tis quaer enough, but not wi’ wear;

But dabs an’ dashes he do bear. knocks and blows it receives

RACKETÈN JOE

The zow!

HIS SISTER

What now?

RACKETÈN JOE

She's in the plot.

A-routèn up the flower knot. bed

Ho! Towzer! Here, rout out the zow,

Heigh! here, hie at her. Tiss!

THE DOG

Wowh! wow!

HIS SISTER

How he do rant and roar,

An’ stump an’ stamp about the vloor,

An’ swing, an’ slap, an’ slam the door!

He don't put down a thing,

But he do dab, an’ dash, an’ ding thump and throw and smash

It down, till all the house do ring.

RACKETÈN JOE

She's out.

FANNY

Noo doubt.

HIS SISTER

Athirt the bank, across

Look! how the dog an’ he do pank. pant

FANNY

Staÿ out, an’ heed her now an’ then,

To zee she don't come in ageän.