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A Guide for Poits

(Compiled by The Sentimental Bloke.)

I ain't no verse-'og. When I busts in song
    An' fills the air wiv choonful melerdy,
I likes fer uvver coves to come along
    An' biff the lyre in company wiv me.
 
So, when I sees some peb beguile an hour
    Be joinin' in the chorus o' me song,
I never sees no use in turnin' sour;
    Fer singin' days wiv no one larsts too long.

I'd like to see the Rocks an' Little Lon
    Grow centres for the art uv weavin' rhyme,
Wiv dinky 'arps fer blokes to plunk upon,
    An' spruikin' poits workin' overtime.

I'd love to listen to each choonful lay
    Uv soulful coots who scorn to write fer gain;
To see True Art bloom down in Chowder Bay,
    An' Culcher jump the joint in Spadger's Lane.


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