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 INCLUSIVE EDITION, 1885-1918 505

"An* s'pose you met Bill 'Awkins,

Now what in the devil 'ud ye do?" "I'd open 'is cheek to 'is chin-strap buckle,

An' bung up 'is both eyes, too Gawd bless 'im !

An* bung up 'is both eyes, too!"

"Look 'ere, where 'e comes, Bill 'Awkins!

Now, what in the devil will you say?" "It isn't fit an' proper to be fightin* on a Sunday,

So I'll pass 'im the time o' day Gawd bless 'im !

I'll pass 'im the time o' day!"

THE MOTHER-LODGE

HTHERE was Rundle, Station Master,

An' Beazeley of the Rail, An' 'Ackman, Commissariat,

An' Donkin' o' the Jail; An' Blake, Conductor-Sergeant,

Our Master twice was 'e, With 'im that kept the Europe-shop,

Old Framjee Eduljee.

Outside "Sergeant! Sir! Salute! Salaam!"

Inside "Brother" an' it doesn't do no 'arm.

IV e met upon the Level an we parted on the Square ,

An I was Junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there !

We'd Bola Nath, Accountant,

An' Saul the Aden Jew, An' Din Mohammed, draughtsman

Of the Survey Office too;