Page:Backblock Ballads and Later Verses (C.J. Dennis, 1918).djvu/41

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"GOT-A-FAG"
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Roped the blighters, same as how we fix the calves on Kinchacowie.
    But it's dead slow sort o' must'rin'," he concluded. "Got a fag?"

When the weary war is over, back to his old cattle station,
    If luck holds, he'll one day journey, casually drop his swag,
Drawling, "Been up yonder—fightin' . . . Not much doin' . . . mostly skitin' . . .
    Gimme drovin' for excitement. . . . Rain seems wantin'. . . . Got a fag?"