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| “YER know me little nipper,” | |
| Said ’Energy ’Awkins, M. P. | |
| “Well, ’e ’s a little champion, | |
| An’ tikes on arfter me. | |
| Larst Sunday me an’ the missus | 5 |
| Went out fer a little walk— | |
| I should say the nipper took us, | |
| Yer should o’ ’eard ’im tork! | |
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| “We went along through Tyburn, | |
| An’ then by ’Endon way, | 10 |
| W’ere I ust ter do me courtin’ | |
| In those sweet nights o’ May. | |
| We ’d been walkin’ out an ’our, | |
| W’en Sal she sez ter me, | |
| ‘’Ere, ’Arry, is yer gime, dear, | 15 |
| Fer shrimps an’ a cup o’ tea.’ | |
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| “ ‘Garn,’ sez I ter Sally, | |
| ‘I ’m in fer ’arf an ’arf.’ | |
| Lor lumme, yer should just o’ ’eard | |
| My little Sally larf! | 20 |
| ‘O’ course,’ she sez, ‘I likes me nip | |
| O’ gin an’ glarss o’ beer, | |
| But did not like ter say it out | |
| Before the nipper ’ere.’ | |
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| “The nipper ’e war n’t lookin’ | 25 |
| As we neared the Brokers’ Arms; | |
| An’ in we ’ops ter get a wet, | |
| Not dreamin’ any ’arm. | |
| But the nipper ’e were cagy, | |
| An’ followed in the rear, | 30 |
| An’ ’ears me give me order: | |
| ‘’Ere, miss, two pots o’ beer.’ | |
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| “An’ w’en I gives me order, | |
| I turns ter speak ter Sal, | |
| Ter arsk if she remembered | 35 |
| The day she was me gal. | |
| I felt some one a-tuggin’ | |
| An’ pullin’ at me back; | |
| I looks around surprised-like, | |
| An’ sees that rascal Jack. | 40 |
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| “Sez I, ‘See ’ere, me nipper, | |
| I wont ’ave yer ’angin’ ’ere.’ | |
| Sez ’e, ‘D’ yer think I ’m goin’? | |
| Not me. No bally fear. | |
| Now, then, wot ’ave yer ordered? | 45 |
| Sez I, ‘Two ’arf an’ ’arf.’ | |
| Sez ’e, ‘Ain’t mother in it?’ | |
| An’ yer should o’ ’eard ’im larf.” | |
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