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 Sari Bair

O, they've struck their streak o' trouble, an' they got it in the neck, An' there's more than one ole pal o' mine 'as 'anded in 'is check; But Ginger still takes nourishment; 'e's well, but breathin' 'ard. An' so 'e sends the strength uv it scrawled on a chunk uv card.

"On the day we 'it the transport there wus cheerin' on the pier, An' the girls wus wavin' hankies as they dropped a partin' tear, An' we felt like little 'eroes as we watched the crowd recede, Fer we sailed to prove Australia, an' our boastin' uv the breed.

"There wus Trent, ex-toff, uv England; there wus Green, ex-pug, uv 'Loo; There wus me, an' Craig uv Queensland, wiv 'is 'ulkin' six-foot-two; An' little Smith uv Collin'wood, 'oo 'owled a rag-time air. On the day we left the Leeuwin, bound nor'-west for Gawd-knows-where.