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RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE
5 io RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE
See the Chaplain thinkin'?
See the women smile? Twig the married winkin'
As they take the aisle? Keep your side-arms quiet,
Dressin' by the Band. Ho! You 'oly beggars,
Cough be'ind your 'and!
Now it's done an' over,
'Ear the organ squeak, " y Voice that breathed o'er Eden "-
Ain't she got the cheek! White an' laylock ribbons,
Think yourself so fine! I'd pray Gawd to take yer
'Fore I made yer mine!
Escort to the kerridge,
Wish 'im luck, the brute! Chuck the slippers after
[Pity 't ain't a boot!] Bowin' like a lady,
Blushin' like a lad 'Oo would say to see 'em
Both is rotten bad ?
Cheer for the Sergeant's weddin Give 'em one cheer more !
Grey gun-'orses in the lando^
An a rogue is married to, etc.