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 CHANT—PAGAN

ENGLISH IRREGULAR: '99-02

that 'ave been what I've been,

Me that 'ave gone where I've gone,

Me that 'ave seen what I've seen—

'Ow can I ever take on

With awful old England again,

An' 'ouses both sides of the street,

And 'edges two sides of the lane,

And the parson an' "gentry" between,

An' touchin' my 'at when we meet—

Me that 'ave been what I've been?

Me that 'ave watched 'arf a world

'Eave up all shiny with dew,

Kopje on kop to the sun,

An' as soon as the mist let 'em through

Our 'elios winkin' like fun—

Three sides of a ninety-mile square, 159