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It was over at Coolgardie that a mining speculator, / Who was going down the township just to make a bit o' chink, / Went off to hire a camel from a camel propagator, / And the Afghan said he'd lend it if he'd stand the beast a drink. / Yes, the only price he asked him was to stand the beast a drink. / He was cheap, very cheap, as the dromedaries go.
So the mining speculator made the bargain, proudly thinking / He had bested old Mahomet, he had done him in the eye. / Then he clambered on the camel, and the while the beast was drinking / He explained with satisfaction to the miners standing by / That 'twas cheap, very cheap, as the dromedaries go.