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Pebbles and Shells (Hawkes collection)/How Be Yer?

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4657158Pebbles and Shells — How Be Yer?Clarence Hawkes

HOW BE YER?
I don't gin much for city ways
O' ginning a handshake,
This taking hold o' people's hands
As though you thought they'd break;
I like to hev 'em grip my hand
Like 'twas an ax or plow,
An' gin my arm a wrench an' say
How be yer anyhow?