Poorest Ear

Very hard to decipher these lyrics. I found another interpretation somewhere else:

"Lain all dry

My saddest day

Hung till Poole, when worn, ran away

It came cold, feels so good

Treats my soldier for I should

And I cry, they laugh

My soldier’s dead

Took all people poor instead

And I cry, they laugh

My soldier’s dead

Took off, be born a boy instead

Poorest, poorest ear

Alone for so many years

Slightest chance of falling grace

But so long till you’ll be found

Poorest, poorest ear"