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38 It's good enough fer orl uv 'em, as orl uv 'em 'ave seen Since they got the same glad clobber next their skins; An' the bloke 'oo 'olds the boodle an' the coot wivout a bean, Why, they knock around like little Kharki twins. An' they got a common lingo, w'ich is growin' mighty thick Wiv ixpressive contributions frum the stock uv Ginger Mick.

'E 'as struck it fer a moral. Ginger's found 'is game at last, An' 'e's took to it like ducklin's take to drink; An' 'is slouchin' an' 'is grouchin' an' 'is loafin' uv the past— 'E's done wiv 'em, an' dumped 'em down the sink. 'E's a bright an' shinin' sample uv a the'ry that I 'old: That ev'ry 'eart that ever pumped is good fer chunks o' gold.

Ev'ry feller is a gold mine if yeh take an' work 'im right: It is shinin' on the surface now an' then; An' there's some is easy sinkin', but there's some wants dynermite, Fer they looks a 'opeless prospect—yet they're men. An' Ginger—'ard-shell Ginger's showin' signs that 'e will pay; But it took a flamin' world-war fer to blarst 'is crust away.

But they took 'im an' they drilled 'im an' they shipped 'im overseas Wiv a crowd uv blokes 'e never met before. 'E rowed wiv 'em, an' scrapped wiv 'em, an' done some tall C.B.'s, An' 'e lobbed wiv 'em on Egyp's sandy shore. Then Pride o' Race lay 'olt on 'im, an' Mick shoves out 'is chest To find 'imself Australian an' blood brothers wiv the rest.