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'E CALLS me Digger; that's 'ow 'e begins. / 'E sez 'e's only 'arf a man; an' grins. / Judged be 'is nerve, I'd say 'e was worth two / Uv me an' you. / Then 'e digs 'arf a fag out uv 'is vest, / Borrers me matches, an' I gives 'im best.
The first I 'eard about it Poole told me. / "There is a bloke called Smith at Flood's," sez 'e; / Come there this mornin', sez 'e's come to stay, / An' won't go 'way. / Sez 'e was sent there be a pal named Flood; / An' talks uv contracts sealed with Flanders mud.