<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=364223" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Beer and OP Rum</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They live up at the Mission<br>Not that far away from here<br>They come down in the evenings<br>And we give them rum and beer.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To drink they’re not accustomed<br>And its then we have our fun<br>We set the men a’fighting<br>And bet on the outcome.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you’ve no women in your township, <br>They are always on your mind<br>So the women get the harder stuff<br>And, drinking spirits, they go wild. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sometimes, we fight amongst ourselves<br>When a younger ‘gin comes down<br>But mostly we just take our turn<br>As we pass the girl around.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Myself? I am a decent man<br>Of good strong Irish stock<br>But those Abo’s cannot take their drink<br>And soon have had enough.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So we leave them in the paddock<br>And I must I do confess<br>Look at that pile of bodies<br>And often have to wretch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At times some of the other men<br>Want to prolong the game<br>So they douse them all in kerosene<br>And with a match they start a flame.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Few of them are killed you know, <br>They mostly wake when they’re alight<br>And run off madly screaming<br>And dancing in the night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some of my mates take pot shots<br>If they can hold a gun<br>They aim at all those naked feet<br>Seeing how fast they can run.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s hard out in the bush, my friend<br>And you often feel alone<br>But with my beer and OP rum<br>It’s then I feel at home.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Keig">David Keig</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=364223" data-title="Beer and OP Rum de David Keig" data-description="They live up at the Mission Not that far away from here They come down in the evenings And we give them rum and beer. To drink they’re not accustomed And its then we have our fun We set the men a’fighting And bet on the outcome. When you’v..."></div> </div> </div>

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