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 504 RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE

I've taken my fun where I've found it,

An' now I must pay for my fun, For the more you 'ave known o' the others

The less will you settle to one; An' the end of it's sittin' and thinkin',

An' dreamin' Hell-fires to see; So be warned by my lot (which I know you will not),

An' learn about women from me!

What did the Colonel's Lady think ?

Nobody never knew. Somebody asked the Sergeant's Wife y

An* she told 'em true I When you get to a man in the case,

They're like as a row of pins For the Colonel's Lady an Judy O'Grady

Are sisters under their skins !

BILL 'AWKINS

'AS ANYBODY seen Bill 'Awkinsr"

"Now 'ow in the devil would I know?" x "E's taken my girl out walkin', An' I've got to tell 'im so

Gawd bless 'im ! I've got to tell 'im so."

"'D' yer know what Vs like, Bill 'Awkins?" "Now what in the devil would I care?" ""'E's the livin', breathin' image of an organ-grinder's

monkey, With a pound of grease in 'is 'air

Gawd bless 'im ! An' a pound o' grease in 'is 'air."