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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357523" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Digger Smith</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'E calls me Digger; that's 'ow 'e begins.<br>'E sez 'e's only 'arf a man; an' grins.<br> Judged be 'is nerve, I'd say 'e was worth two<br> Uv me an' you.<br>Then 'e digs 'arf a fag out uv 'is vest,<br>Borrers me matches, an' I gives 'im best.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The first I 'eard about it Poole told me.<br>'There is a bloke called Smith at Flood's,' sez 'e;<br> 'Come there this mornin', sez 'e's come to stay,<br> An' won't go 'way.<br>Sez 'e was sent there be a pal named Flood;<br>An' talks uv contracts sealed with Flanders mud.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'No matter wot they say, 'e only grins,'<br>Sez Poole. ''E's rather wobbly on 'is pins.<br> Seems like a soldier bloke. An' Peter Begg<br> 'E sez one leg<br>Works be machinery, but I dunno.<br>I only know 'e's there an' 'e won't go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">''E grins,' sez Poole, 'at ev'rything they say.<br>Dad Flood 'as nearly 'ad a fit today.<br> 'E's cursed, an' ordered 'im clean off the place;<br> But this cove's face<br>Jist goes on grinnin', an' he sez, quite carm,<br>'E's come to do a bit around the farm.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tale don't sound too good to me at all.<br>'If 'e's a crook,' I sez, ''e wants a fall.<br> Maybe 'e's dilly. I'll go round and see.<br> 'E'll grin at me<br>When I 'ave done, if 'e needs dealin' with.'<br>So I goes down to interview this Smith.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'E 'ad a fork out in the tater patch.<br>Sez 'e, 'Why 'ello, Digger. Got a match?'<br> 'Digger?' I sez. 'Well, you ain't digger 'ere.<br> You better clear.<br>You ought to know that you can't dig them spuds.<br>They don't belong to you; they're ole Dad Flood's.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Can't I?' 'e grins. 'I'll do the best I can,<br>Considerin' I'm only 'arf a man.<br> Give us a light. I can't get none from Flood,<br> An' mine is dud.'<br>I parts; an' 'e stands grinning at me still;<br>An' then 'e sez, ''Ave yeh fergot me, Bill?'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I looks, an' seen a tough bloke, short an' thin.<br>Then, Lord! I remembers that ole grin.<br> 'It's little Smith!' I 'owls, 'uv Collin'wood.<br> Lad, this is good!<br>Last time I seen yer, you an' Ginger Mick<br>Was 'owling rags, out on yer final kick.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Yer on to it,' 'e sez. 'Nex' day we sailed.<br>Now 'arf uv me's back 'ome, an' 'arf they nailed.<br> An' Mick....Ar, well, Fritz took me down a peg.'<br> 'E waves 'is leg.<br>'It ain't too bad,' 'e sez, with 'is ole smile;<br>'But when I starts to dig it cramps me style.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I ain't grouchin'. It wos worth the fun.<br>We 'ad some picnic stoushin' Brother 'Un-<br> The only fight I've 'ad that some John 'Op<br> Don't come an' stop.<br>They pulled me leg a treat, but, all the same,<br>There's nothing over 'ere to beat the game.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'An' now,' 'e sez, 'I'm 'ere to do a job<br>I promised, if it was me luck to lob<br> Back 'ome before me mate,' 'e sez, an' then,<br> 'E grins again.<br>'As clear as mud,' I sez. 'But I can't work<br>Me brains to 'old yer pace. Say, wot's the lurk?'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So then 'e puts me wise. It seems that 'im<br>An' this 'ere Flood -- I tips it must be Jim --<br> Was cobbers up in France, an' things occurred.<br> (I got 'is word<br>Things did occur up there). But, anyway<br>Seems Flood done somethin' good for 'im one day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Smith 'e promised if he came back 'ome<br>Before 'is cobber o'er the flamin' foam,<br> 'E'd see the ole folks 'ere, an' 'e agreed,<br> If there was need,<br>'E'd stay an' do a bit around the farm<br>So long as 'e had one sound, dinkum arm.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'So, 'ere I am,' 'e sez, an' grins again.<br>'A promise is a promise 'mong us men.'<br> Sez I, 'You come up to the 'ouse.<br> Ole Dad won't rouse<br>When once 'e's got yer strength, an' as for Mar,<br>She'll kiss yeh when she finds out 'oo yeh are.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So we goes up, an' finds 'em both fair dazed<br>About this little Smith; they think 'e's crazed.<br> I tells the tale in words they understand;<br> Then it was grand<br>To see Dad grab Smith's 'and an' pump it good,<br>An' Mar, she kissed 'im, like I said she would.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mar sez 'e must be starved, an' right away<br>The kettle's on, she's busy with a tray.<br> An', when I left, this Digger Smith 'e looked<br> Like 'e was booked<br>For keeps, with tea an' bread an' beef inside.<br>'Our little Willie's 'ome,' 'e grins, 'an' dried.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q>
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'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.

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