A TRAMP was trampin’ on the road-
The afternoon was warm an’ muggy-
And by-and-by he chanced to meet
A parsin ridin’ in a buggy.
Said he: “As follerers ov the Loard,
To do good offices we oughter!”
An’ from a water-bag he poured,
An’ guv the tramp, a drink er water.
The parsin he went rattlin’ ‘ome
To ware his fam-i-lee was thrivin’,
The tramp went on until he met
A bullick-driver, bullick drivin’-
“It’s bilin’ ‘ot,” the driver sed
As soon’s the dirty tramp drawed nearer,
And from a little keg he poured,
And giv the tramp a pint of beer-“ah!”
(P.S.-The “ah” is meant to stand for the tramp a-drinking ov it.)
I ain’t agin the temperance cause,
Nor yet no advocate ov drinkin’-
I only tells the yarn because-
Well, at the time it somehow seemed
Ter kind ov set me thinkin’.
(Henry Lawson)
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