text_original: If they hadn't been, he would have remembered this little saying: The wits that live within my head Must never, never go to sleep, For if they should I might forget And Trouble on me swiftly leap. But Unc' Billy's wits certainly were asleep. He was so tickled over the idea that he could get out of the hen house, that he couldn't think of anything else, and so he forgot. Yes, Sir, Unc' Billy forgot! What did he forget?
text_transcription: IF THEY HADN'T BEEN HE WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED THIS LITTLE SAYING THE WITS THAT LIVE WITHIN MY HEAD MUST NEVER NEVER GO TO SLEEP FOR IF THEY SHOULD I MIGHT FORGET AND TROUBLE ON ME SWIFTLY LEAP BUT UNCLE BILLY'S WITS CERTAINLY WERE ASLEEP HE WAS SO TICKLED OVER THE IDEA THAT HE COULD GET OUT OF THE HEN HOUSE THAT HE COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE AND SO HE FORGOT YES SIR UNCLE BILLY FORGOT WHAT DID HE FORGET
phonemes: ɪf ðeɪ hˈædənt bˌɪn, hiː wʊdhɐv ɹᵻmˈɛmbɚd ðɪs lˈɪɾəl sˈeɪɪŋ: ðə wˈɪts ðæt lˈaɪv wɪðˌɪn maɪ hˈɛd mˈʌst nˈɛvɚ, nˈɛvɚ ɡˌoʊ tə slˈiːp, fɔːɹ ɪf ðeɪ ʃˌʊd aɪ mˌaɪt fɚɡˈɛt ænd tɹˈʌbəl ˌɔn mˌiː swˈɪftli lˈiːp. bˌʌt ˈʌŋk bˈɪliz wˈɪts sˈɜːʔn̩li wɜːɹ ɐslˈiːp. hiː wʌz sˌoʊ tˈɪkəld ˌoʊvɚ ðɪ aɪdˈiə ðæt hiː kʊd ɡɛt ˌaʊɾəv ðə hˈɛn hˈaʊs, ðæt hiː kˌʊdənt θˈɪŋk ʌv ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ ˈɛls, ænd sˌoʊ hiː fɚɡˈɑːt. jˈɛs, sˌɜː, ˈʌŋk bˈɪli fɚɡˈɑːt! wˌʌt dˈɪd hiː fɚɡˈɛt?