Page:Backblock Ballads and Later Verses (C.J. Dennis, 1918).djvu/59

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"The flamin' cows!" 'e sez, an' more besides.
An' fancy. 'Im! To think that 'e would swear!
W'y, "Blarst!" 'e sez. . . . Yes, "Blarst the'r blanky 'ides!"
(Oh, you may well throw up your 'ands an' stare)
Yes—"Blarst" 'e sez, "the'r blanky 'ides an' 'air!
I'll cut the blanky skin clean off the'r sides!
The flamin' cows!"