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Book: Digger Smith

1918

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  • Over the Fence
    'Taint my idea uv argument to call a man a fool,
    An' I ain't lookin' round for bricks to 'eave at ole man Poole;
    78 lines
  • Half a Man
    "I wash me 'ands uv 'im," I tells 'em straight.
      "You women can do wot yeh dash well like.
    96 lines
  • Jim
    "Now, be the Hokey Fly!" sez Peter Begg.
    "Suppose 'e comes 'ome with a wooden leg.
    132 lines
  • Digger Smith
    'E calls me Digger; that's 'ow 'e begins.
    'E sez 'e's only 'arf a man; an' grins.
    110 lines
  • Before the War
    "Before the war," she sighs.  "Before the war."
      Then blinks 'er eyes, an' tries to work a smile.
    142 lines
  • Dummy Bridge
    "If I'd 'a' played me Jack on that there Ten"
      Sez Peter Begg, "I might 'a' made the lot."
    145 lines
  • Dad
    I've knowed ole Flood this last five year or more;
    I knoo 'im when 'is Syd went to the war.
    110 lines
  • West
    I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime
      I'm mad to 'ave things clean.
    110 lines
  • Jim's Girl
    "'Oo is that girl," sez Digger Smith,
    That never seems to bother with
    131 lines
  • The Boys Out There
    "Why do they do it? I dunno,"
      Sez Digger Smith. "Yeh got me beat.
    110 lines
  • Sawin' Wood
    I wondered wot was doin'. First I seen
    Ole Missus Flood wave signals to Doreen.
    75 lines
  • A Square Deal
    "Dreamin'?" I sez to Digger Smith.
      "Buck up, ole sport, an' smile.
    113 lines
  • A Digger's Tale
    "My oath!" the Duchess sez. "You'd not ixpect
      Sich things as that. Yeh don't mean kangaroos?
    110 lines
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