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A man's a mug. I've worked the 'ole thing out / To-day, down in the orchard where I sat / Runnin' the wheels red-'ot beneath me 'at, / An' wras'lin' fervud with a sudden doubt - / A doubt wot's plugged me fair bang on the point / An' jolted all me glad dreams out uv joint.
It's been a pearlin' day. The birds above / Up in the trees sung fit to break their 'earts. / It seemed, some'ow, the 'ole world's makin' love, / Ixceptin' me. An' then an' there I starts / To think things out an' git me bearin's straight, / Becoz - Well, I ain't been meself uv late.