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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357629" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Introduction to Ginger Mick</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jist to intraj'uice me cobber, an 'is name is Ginger Mick <br>A rorty boy, a naughty boy, wiv rude impressions thick<br>In 'is casu'l conversation, an' the wicked sort o' face<br>That gives the sudden shudders to the lor-abidin' race.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Is name is on the records at the Melbourne City Court,<br>Fer doin' things an' sayin' things no reel nice feller ort;<br>An 'is name is on the records uv the Army, over there,<br>Fer doin' things - same sort o' things that rose the Bench's 'air.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They never rung no joy-bells when 'e made 'is first de- boo;<br>But 'e got free edjication, w'ich they fondly shoved 'im thro';<br>Then turned 'im loose in Spadger's Lane to 'ang around the street<br>An' 'elp the cop to re-erlize the 'ardness uv 'is beat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then 'e quickly dropped 'is aitches, so as not to be mistook<br>Fer an edjicated person, 'oo 'is cobbers reckoned crook;<br>But 'e 'ad a trick wiv figgers that ud make a clerk look sick;<br>So 'e pencilled fer a bookie; an' 'e 'awked a bit, did Mick.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A bloke can't be partic'lar 'oo must battle fer a crust;<br>An' some, they pinch fer preference, an' some, becos they must.<br>When times is 'ard, an' some swell coves is richer than they ort;<br>Well, it's jist a little gamble fer a rise, agin the Court.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now, Mick wus never in it as a reel perfeshnal crook,<br>But sometimes cops 'as slabs uv luck, so sometimes 'e wus took,<br>An' 'e got a repitation, thro' 'im bein' twice interned;<br>But 'e didn't skite about it, 'cos 'e felt it wasn't earned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I reckerlect one time a Beak slings Mick a slab uv guff,<br>Wiv 'Thirty days or forty bob' (Mick couldn't raise the stuff) -<br>An' arsts 'im where 'is conshuns is, an' w'y 'e can't be good,<br>An' Mick jist grins, an' takes it out, an' never understood.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' that is orl there wus to Mick, wiv orl 'is leery ways.<br>If I wus up among the 'eads, wiv right to blame or praise,<br>Whenever some sich bloke as 'im wus tucked away fer good<br>I'd chalk them words above 'is 'ead: ''E never understood.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If I wus up among the 'eads, wiv right to judge the game,<br>I'd look around fer chance to praise, an' sling the flamin' blame;<br>Fer findin' things in blokes to praise pays divvies either way;<br>An' wot they're blamed fer yesterd'y brings 'earty cheers to-day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, 'earty cheers frum thortless coots 'oo feel dead sure their God<br>Would never 'ave no time fer crooks 'oo does a stretch in quod;<br>'Oo reckon 'eaven is a place where orl folk tork correck,<br>An' judgment, where the 'vulgar' gits it solid in the neck.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' Ginger Mick wus vulgar. 'Struth! When things wus gettin' slow<br>'E took to 'awkin' rabbits, wich is very, very low-<br>'E wus the sort o' bloke to watch when 'e come in yer gate:<br>'E 'ad a narsty fightin' face that orl nice people 'ate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'E 'ad that narsty fightin' face that peacefulfolk call grim;<br>But I 'ave seen it grow reel soft when kiddies spoke to 'im.<br>'E 'ad them narsty sullen eyes that nice folk can't enjure;<br>But I 'ave seen a smile in 'em that made our frien'ship sure.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There's men 'oo never knoo ole Mick, an' passed 'im in the street,<br>An' looks away an' sez, 'See 'im? A narsty chap to meet!<br>'E'd be an ugly customer alone an' after dark!'<br>An' Mick, 'e'd twitch 's jor at 'em, 'arf earnest, 'arf a lark.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That wus the sort o' character that Mick earned be 'is looks.<br>The talk uv 'im, the walk uv 'im, put 'im among the crooks.<br>An' Mick, 'e looks on swank an' style as jist a lot o' flam,<br>An' snouted them that snouted 'im, an' never give a dam.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But spite uv orl 'is 'ulkin' frame, an' langwidge flowin' free<br>I seen the thing inside uv Mick that made 'im good to me.<br>An' spite uv orl the sneerin' ways that leery blokes imploy,<br>I knoo 'im jist fer wot 'e wus - a big, soft-'earted boy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fer when a bloke 'as come to be reel cobbers wiv a bloke,<br>They sorter swap good fellership wivout words bein' spoke.<br>I never slung no guff to Mick, 'e never smooged to me,<br>But we could smoke, an' 'old our jor, an' be reel company.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There 'as bin times that 'e would curse to 'ave recalled by me,<br>When I 'ave seen 'im doin' things that coves calls charity;<br>An' there's been times, an' frequent times, in spite uv orl 'is looks,<br>When I 'ave 'eard 'im sayin' things that blokes shoves inter books.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Ginger Mick was Ginger Mick - a leery boy, fer keeps,<br>'Oo 'owled 'Wile Rabbee!' in the streets, in tones that gave yeh creeps.<br>'E never planned 'is mode uv life, nor chose the Lane fer lair,<br>No more than 'e designed 'is chiv or colour uv 'is 'air.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So Ginger 'awked, an' Ginger pinched, an' Ginger went to quod,<br>An' never thort to waste 'is time in blamin' man or God -<br>An' then there came the Call uv Stoush, or jooty - wot's a name?<br>An' Ginger cocked 'is 'ear to it, an' found 'is flamin' game.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I intrajuice me cobber 'ere; an' don't make no ixcuse<br>To any culchered click that it's a peb I intrajuice.<br>I dunno wot 'is ratin' wus in this 'ere soshul plan;<br>I only know, inside o' me, I intrajuice a man.</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> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357629" data-title="Introduction to Ginger Mick de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="Jist to intraj'uice me cobber, an 'is name is Ginger Mick A rorty boy, a naughty boy, wiv rude impressions thick In 'is casu'l conversation, an' the wicked sort o' face That gives the sudden shudders to the lor-abidin' race. 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