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I've knowed ole Flood this last five year or more; / I knoo 'im when 'is Syd went to the war. / A proud ole man 'e was. But I've watched 'im, / An' seen 'is look when people spoke uv Jim: / As sour a look as most coves want to see. / It made me glad that this 'ere Jim weren't me.
I sized up Flood the first day that we met -- / Stubborn as blazes when 'is mind is set, / Ole-fashioned in 'is looks an' in 'is ways, / Believin' it is honesty that pays; / An' still dead set, in spite uv bumps 'e's got, / To keep on honest if it pays or not.