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 " 'I reckerlect,' she sez—'Now, let me see— In Gippsland, long ago, when I was young, I 'ad a little pet Corroboree,' (I sits up in me chair like I was stung.) 'On its 'ind legs,' she sez, 'it used to stand. Fed from me 'and.'

"Uv course, I threw me alley in right there. This Princess was a dinkum Aussie girl. I can't do nothin' else but sit an' stare, Thinkin' so rapid that me 'air roots curl. But 'er? She sez, 'I ain't 'eard talk so good Since my child'ood.

"'I wish,' sez she, 'I could be back again Beneath the wattle an' that great blue sky. It's like a breath uv 'ome to meet you men. You've done reel well,' she sez. 'Don't you be shy. When yer in Blighty once again.' sez she, 'Come an' see me.'

"I don't see 'er no more; 'cos I stopped one. But. 'fore I sails, I gits a billy doo Which sez, 'Give my love to the dear ole Sun, An' take an exile's blessin' 'ome with you. An' if you 'ave some boomerangs to spare, Save me a pair.