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Hapi ɖ man huz hom z stl
In Nećr’z grīn n pīsfl wez;
T wec n hír ɖ brdz so lǎd,
Ɖt scrīm fr jô t si ɖ sún
Z śolḍrñ past a suḷn clǎd.

N w hv noun ɖoz dez, ẃn w
Wd wêt t hír ɖ ccu frst;
Ẃn y n I, wɖ ʈtfl mînd,
Wd hlp a brd t hîd hr nst,
Fr fir v uɖr handz les cînd.

Bt ɖǎ, mî frend, art layñ ded:
Wor, wɖ its hel-born ćîldiśnis,
Hz clemd ɖî lîf, wɖ mni mor:
Ɖ man ɖt luvd ɖs Ñgḷnd wel,
N nvr left it wns bfr.

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Ẃt z ɖs lîf f, fl v cer,
W hv no tîm t stand n stér.

No tîm t stand bnʈ ɖ bauz
N stér az loñ az śīp or cǎz.

No tîm t si, ẃn wŭdz w pas,
Ẃr sqiṛlz hîd ɖer nuts in gras.

No tîm t si, in brōd dêlît,
Strīmz fl v starz, lîc scîz at nît.

No tîm t trn at byti’z glans,
N woć hr fīt, hǎ ɖe cn dans.

No tîm t wêt tl hr mǎʈ cn
Inrić ɖt smîl hr îz bgan.

A pur lîf ɖs f, fl v cer,
W hv no tîm t stand n stér.

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