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"IF I'd 'a' played me Jack on that there Ten," / Sez Peter Begg, "I might 'a' made the lot. " / "Ow could yeh? " barks ole Poole. "Ow' could yeh, when / I 'ad me Queen be'ind? " Sez Begg, "Wot rot! / I slung away me King to take that trick. / Which one! Say, ain't yer 'ead a trifle thick?
"Now, don't yeh see that when I plays me King / I give yer Queen a chance, an' lost the slam. " / But Poole, 'e sez 'e don't see no sich thing, / So Begg gits 'ot, an' starts to loose a "Damn. " / 'E twigs the missus jist in time to check, / An' makes it "Dash," an' gits red down 'is neck.