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Not tired of 'earin' stories! You're a nailer,

so you are!

I thought I should 'ave choked you off with

that 'ere motor-car.

Well, mister, 'ere's another; and, mind you,

it's a fact,

Though you'll think perhaps I copped it out

o' some blue ribbon tract.

It was in the days when farmer men were

jolly-faced and stout,