They smashed in the door--tried to burn us out--an' hollered around for a while.

Then they left an' we reckoned there'd be no more trouble that night.

All the same we kept watch.

I was the soberest one an' I bossed the gang.

We had some quarrels aboot the drinkin'.
Your dad said if we kept it up it 'd be the end of the Jorths.