"This Duchess—I ain't quite sure uv 'er rank;
She might uv been a Peeress. I dunno.
I meets 'er 'usband first. 'E owns a bank,
I 'eard, an' 'arf a dozen mints or so.
A dinkum toff. 'E sez, 'Come 'ome with me
An' 'ave some tea.'
"That's 'ow I met this Duchess Wot's-'er-name—
Or Countess—never mind 'er moniker;
I ain't no 'and at this 'ere title game—
An' right away, I was reel pals with 'er.
'Now, tell me all about yer 'ome,' sez she,
An' smiles at me.
"That knocks me out. I know it ain't no good
Paintin' word-picters uv the things I done
Out 'ome 'ere, barrackin' for Collin'wood,
Or puntin' on the flat at Flemin'ton.
I know this Baroness uv Wot-yeh-call
Wants somethin' tall.
"I thinks reel 'ard; an' then I lets it go.
I tells 'er, out at Richmond, on me Run—
A little place uv ten square mile or so—
I'm breedin' boomerangs; which is reel fun,
When I ain't troubled by the wild Jonops
That eats me crops.
