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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357806" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Battle Of The Wazzir</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">If ole Pharaoh, King of Egyp', 'ad been gazin' on the scene<br>'E'd' ave give the A.I.F. a narsty name<br>When they done their little best to scrub 'is dirty Kingdom clean,<br>An' to shift 'is ancient 'eap uv sin an' shame.<br>An' I'm tippin' they'd 'ave phenyled 'im, an' rubbed it in 'is 'ead.<br>But old Pharaoh, King uv Egyp', 'e is dead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So yeh don't 'ear much about it; an' it isn't meant yeh should,<br>Since 'is Kingship wasn't there to go orf pop;<br>An' this mishunery effort fer to make the 'eathen good<br>Wus a contract that the fellers 'ad to drop.<br>There wus other pressin' matters, so they 'ad to chuck the fun,<br>But the Battle uv the Wazzir took the bun.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now, Ginger Mick 'e writes to me a long, ixcited note,<br>An' 'e writes it in a whisper, so to speak;<br>Fer I guess the Censor's shadder wus across 'im as 'e wrote,<br>An' 'e 'ad to bottle things that musn't leak.<br>So I ain't got orl the strength uv it; but sich as Ginger sends<br>I rejooce to decent English fer me friends.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It wus part their native carelessness, an' part their native skite;<br>Fer they kids themselves they know the Devil well,<br>'Avin' met 'im, kind uv casu'l, on some wild Australian night-<br>Wine an' women at a secon'-rate 'otel.<br>But the Devil uv Australia 'e's a little woolly sheep<br>To the devils wot the desert children keep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So they mooches round the drink-shop's, an' the Wazzir took their eye,<br>An' they found old Pharoah's daughters pleasin' Janes;<br>An' they wouldn't be Australian 'less they give the game a fly . . .<br>An' Egyp' smiled an' totted up 'is gains.<br>'E doped their drinks, an' breathed on them 'is aged evil breath . . .<br>An' more than one woke up to long fer death.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When they wandered frum the newest an' the cleanest land on earth,<br>An' the filth uv ages met 'em, it wus 'ard.<br>Fer there may be sin an' sorrer in the country uv their birth;<br>But the dirt uv cenchuries ain't in the yard.<br>They wus children, playin' wiv an asp, an' never fearin' it,<br>An' they took it very sore when they wus bit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">First, they took the tales fer furphies.. when they got around the camp,<br>Uv a cove done in fer life wiv one night's jag,<br>But when the yarns grew 'ot an' strong an' bore the 'all-mark stamp<br>Uv dinkum oil, they waved the danger flag.<br>An' the shudder that a clean man feels when 'e's su'prized wiv dirt<br>Gripped orl the camp reel solid; an' it 'urt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There wus Bill from up the Billabong, 'oo's dearest love wus cow,<br>An' 'oo lived an' thought an' fought an' acted clean.<br>'E wus lately frum 'is mother wiv 'er kiss wet on 'is brow;<br>But they snared 'im in, an' did 'im up reel mean.<br>Fer young Bill, wus gone a million, an' 'e never guessed the game. . .<br>For 'e's down in livin' 'ell, an' marked fer sbame.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' Bill wus only one uv 'em to fall to Eastern sin<br>Ev'ry comp'ny 'ad a rotten tale to tell,<br>An' there must be somethin' doin' when the strength uv it sunk in<br>To a crowd that ain't afraid to clean up 'ell.<br>They wus game to take a gamble; but this dirt dealt to a mate-<br>Well, it riled 'em; an' they didn't 'esitate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Ave 'yeh seen a crowd uv fellers takin' chances 'on a game,<br>Crackin' 'ard while they thought it on the square?<br>'Ave yeh 'eard their owl uv anguish when they tumbled to the same,<br>'Avin' found they wus the victums uv a snare?<br>It wus jist that sort uv anger when they fell to Egyp's stunt;<br>An', remember, they wus trainin' fer the front.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I 'ave notions uv the Wazzir. It's as old as Pharaoh's tomb;<br>It's as cunnin' as the oldest imp in 'ell;<br>An' the game it plays uv lurin' blokes, wiv love-songs, to their doom<br>Wus begun when first a tart 'ad smiles to sell.<br>An' it stood there thro' the ages; an' it might be standin' still<br>If it 'adn't bumped a clean cove, name o' Bill.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' they done it like they done it when a word went to the push<br>That a nark 'oo'd crooled a pal wus run to ground.<br>They done it like they done it when the blokes out in the bush<br>Passed a telegraft that cops wus nosin' round.<br>There wus no one rung a fire-bell, but the tip wus passed about;<br>An' they fixed a night to clean the Wazzir out.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, I've notions uv the Wazzir. It's been pilin' up its dirt<br>Since it mated wiv the Devil in year One,<br>An' spawned a brood uv evil things to do a man a 'urt<br>Since the lurk uv snarin' innercents begun.<br>But it's sweeter an' it's cleaner since one wild an' woolly night<br>When the little A.I.F. put up a fight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now, it started wiv some 'orseplay. If the 'eads 'ad seen the look,<br>Dead in earnest, that wus underneath the fun,<br>They'd 'ave tumbled there wus somethin' that wus more than commin crook,<br>An' 'ave stopped the game before it 'arf begun.<br>But the fellers larfed like school-boys, tbo' they orl wus more than narked,<br>An' they 'ad the 'ouses well an' truly marked.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Frum a little crazy balkiney that clawed agin a wall<br>A chair come crasbin' down into the street;<br>Then a woman's frightened screamin' give the sign to bounce the ball,<br>An' there came a sudden rush uv soljers' feet.<br>There's a glimpse uv frightened faces as a door caved in an' fell;<br>An' the Wazzir wus a 'owlin' screamin' 'ell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Frum a winder 'igh above 'em there's a bloke near seven feet,<br>Waves a bit uv naked Egyp' in the air.<br>An' there's squealin' an' there's shriekin' as they chased 'em down the street,<br>When they dug 'em out like rabbits frum their lair.<br>Then down into the roadway gaudy 'ouse'old gods comes fast,<br>An' the Wazzir's Great Spring Cleanin' starts at last.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Frum the winders came pianners an' some giddy duchess pairs;<br>An' they piled 'em on the roadway in the mire,<br>An' 'eaped 'em 'igh wiv fal-de-rals an' pretty parlor chairs,<br>Which they started in to purify wiv fire.<br>Then the Redcaps come to argue, but they jist amused the mob;<br>Fer tbe scavengers wus warmin' to their job.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the fire-reels come to quell 'em-'struth! they 'ad no bloomin' 'ope;<br>Fer they cut the 'ose to ribbons in a jiff;<br>An' they called u'pon tbe drink-shops an' poured out their rotten dope,<br>While the nigs 'oo didn't run wus frightened stiff.<br>An' when orb wus done an' over, an' they wearied uv the strife,<br>That old Wazzir'd 'ad the scourin' uv its life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now, old Gin er ain't quite candid; 'e don't say where 'e came in;<br>But 'e mentions that'e don't get no C.B.,<br>An' 'e's 'ad some pretty practice dodgin' punishment fer sin<br>Down in Spadger's since 'is early infancy.<br>So I guess, if they went after 'im, they found 'im snug in bed.<br>Fer old Ginger 'as a reel tactician's 'ead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' 'e sez that when 'e wandered down the Wazzir later on<br>It wus like a 'ome where 'oliness reposed;<br>Fer its sinfulness wus 'idden, an' its brazenness wus gone,<br>An' its doors, wiv proper modesty, wus closed.<br>If a 'ead looked out a winder, as they passed, it quick drew in;<br>Fer the Wazzir wus a wowser, scared from sin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If old Pharaoh, King uv Egyp', 'e 'ad lived to see the day<br>When they tidied up 'is 'eap uv shame an' sin,<br>Well, 'e mighter took it narsty, fer our fellers 'ave a way<br>Uv completin' any job that they begin.<br>An' they might 'ave left 'is Kingship nursin' gravel-rash in bed. . .<br>But old Pharaoh, King uv Egyp', 'e is dead.</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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