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 BILL 'AWKINS

‘’As anybody seen Bill ’Awkins?’

‘Now ’ow in the devil would I know?’

‘’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 ’e’s 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.’

An’ s’pose you met Bill ’Awkins,

Now what in the devil ’ud ye do?’ 194