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Who never drinks and never bets, / But loves his wife and pays his debts / And feels content with what he gets? / Tom Collins.
Who has the utmost confidence / That all the banks now in suspense / Will meet their paper three years hence? / Tom Collins.
Who reads the Herald leaders through, / And takes the Evening News for true, / And thought the Echo's jokes were new? / Tom Collins.
Who is the patriot renowned / So very opportunely found / To fork up Dibbs's thousand pound? / Tom Collins.
The Bulletin, 19 August 1893