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?”

“I'd open 'is cheek to 'is chin-strap buckle,

An' bung up 'is both eyes, too --

Gawd -- bless -- 'im!

An' bung up 'is both eyes, too!”

“Look 'ere, where 'e comes, Bill 'Awkins!

Now what in the devil will you say?”

“It isn't fit an' proper to be fightin' on a Sunday,

So I'll pass 'im the time o' day --

Gawd -- bless -- 'im!

I'll pass 'im the time o' day!”

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