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The Joy Ride


Ah, Gawd! It makes me sick to think
    Of what I 'eard an' seen:
Poor 'Arry like a wet rag flung
    Across the wrecked machine;
An' Rose, 'er face all chiner-white
    Against the gory green.

Now 'Arry Cox 'e drives a car
    For Doctor Percy Gray.
Sez 'e to me: "On Sund'y nex'
    The Doc will be away.
'Ow is it for a little trip
    To Fernville for the day?

"I know two bonzer girls," 'e sez;
    "Fair stunners, both, they are.
There's Rose who serves behind the joint
    In Mudge's privit bar,
An' Lena Crump who jerks the pump
    Down at the Southern Star."


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