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About "The Hoffis" where 'e 'ad a grip.... To chuck it, even to a friendly spar. I only spanked 'im gentle, fer 'is mar. An inquest; an' I sez so to Doreen. I mighter took an' cracked 'im in the street, But don't I keep me temper when we met? I only jerks me elbow in 'is ribs, An' worded 'im about a small affair; ('E sez, "Fer public brawls 'e didn't care")-- An' smacks 'im 'earty, like a naughty boy. An' now Doreen she sez I've/ve.html">ve/ve.html">ve broke me vow, An' then, o' course, we 'as a ding-dong row, She sez I done it outer jealousy, I set.html">set 'im 'cos I couldn't sight 'is face. I couldn't stand 'im 'angin' round 'er place. She's welkim to 'im if she fancies such. I swear I'll never track wiv 'er no more; Unless she comes an' begs me pardin for She can't ixpeck fer me to smooge an' crawl. I've got the 'ole bang tribe o' cliners set! Crook to the core the bunch of 'em--an' yet But, wot's it matter? Ain't I glad I'm free? A bloke wiv commin-sense 'as got to own The smoogin' game is better left alone, An' them's the sort that loves wivout disguise, An' when the tender leaves begin to bud, That seems to sorter swamp 'im like a flood. Then freedom ain't the thing fer wot 'e yearns. But I 'ave chucked it all. An' yet--I own An' often, when I'm moonin' 'ere alone, 'Oo calls me "dad," she climbs upon me knee, Wiv someone waitin' for me at the gate... I've dreamed before, and nearly woke too late. We're strangers--'less she owns that she was wrong. To call 'er back I'll never lift a 'and; .

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