English poem
V
by John Stephen Farmer (1854–1916)
Then says Uncle, says he, to his blowen, "D'ye twig these coves, my mot so knowing? Are they out-and-outers, dearie? Are they fogle-hunters, or cracksmen leary? Are they coves of the ken, d'ye know? Shall I let 'em in, or tell 'em to go?"