Digger Smith by C. J. (Clarence James) Dennis
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Out 'ome 'ere, barrackin' for Collin'wood,
Or puntin' on the flat at Flemin'ton. I know this Baroness uv Wot-yeh-call Wants somethin' tall. "I thinks reel 'ard; an' then I lets it go. I tells 'er, out at Richmond, on me Run-- A little place uv ten square mile or so-- I'm breedin' boomerangs; which is reel fun, When I ain't troubled by the wild Jonops That eats me crops. "I talks about the wondrous Boshter Bird That builds 'er nest up in the Cobber Tree, An' 'atches out 'er young on May the third, Stric' to the minute, jist at 'arf pas' three. 'Er eyes get big. She sez, 'Can it be true?' 'Er eyes was blue. "An' then I speaks uv sport, an' tells 'er 'ow In 'untin' our wild Wowsers we imploy Large packs uv Barrackers, an' 'ow their row Wakes echoes in the forests uv Fitzroy, Where lurks the deadly Shicker Snake 'oo's breath Is certain death. "I'm goin' on to talk uv kangaroos, An' 'ow I used to drive 'em four-in-'and. 'Wot?' sez the Marchioness. 'Them things in Zoos That 'ops about? I've seen 'em in the Strand |
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