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PERCEVAL GIBBON.
I came to Umzimkulu
With a pain in my head;
I ought to ha' bought med'cine,
But I liquored instead:
Never used to drink with Jim;
There's a girl that asked for him;
But the jackals root at Bashee—
An' Jim, he's dead!
Perceval Gibbon.