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"An* s'pose you met Bill 'Awkins,
Now what in the devil 'ud ye do?" "I'd open 'is cheek to 'is chin-strap buckle,
An' bung up 'is both eyes, too Gawd bless 'im !
An* bung up 'is both eyes, too!"
"Look 'ere, where 'e comes, Bill 'Awkins!
Now, what in the devil will you say?" "It isn't fit an' proper to be fightin* on a Sunday,
So I'll pass 'im the time o' day Gawd bless 'im !
I'll pass 'im the time o' day!"
THE MOTHER-LODGE
HTHERE was Rundle, Station Master,
An' Beazeley of the Rail, An' 'Ackman, Commissariat,
An' Donkin' o' the Jail; An' Blake, Conductor-Sergeant,
Our Master twice was 'e, With 'im that kept the Europe-shop,
Old Framjee Eduljee.
Outside "Sergeant! Sir! Salute! Salaam!"
Inside "Brother" an' it doesn't do no 'arm.
IV e met upon the Level an we parted on the Square ,
An I was Junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there !
We'd Bola Nath, Accountant,
An' Saul the Aden Jew, An' Din Mohammed, draughtsman
Of the Survey Office too;
