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We was always a hintimate family, / An' we doted on one another; / I was genuine fond o' my Uncle Fred, / And o' Cousin Jim I've a-often said / 'E was more like my own born brother; / An' a feeling of 'earty affection I 'ad / For Kate, wot 'ad married my eldest lad.
Now, my Uncle Fred keeps the 'Dumpshire Arms,' / An' Jim's in the grocery trade; / While Kate 'as a little front-window shop, / Where she sells stone-bottles o' ginger-pop / An' sweets as is all 'ome-made; / And _I_ earns enough for my board an' booze, / A-makin' an' mendin' o' boots an' shoes.