You can tyke h'it from me, 'e's as cool as a cucumber, <br />Never goes balmy h'or loses 'is 'ead, <br />Nothing h'at all h'ever robs 'im of slumber; <br />Once when I told 'im 'is rich h'aunt was dead, <br />'E looked h'at me blandly, <br />H'and stryngely h'and grandly, <br />H'and stroked 'is moustache as though 'e 'adn't 'eard; <br />Flicked a speck h'off 'is coat, <br />H'and then cleared h'out 'is throat, <br />H'and put on 'is topper, remarking: 'My word!' <br /> <br />Cool h'as an h'oyster along h'in December- - <br />Once h'I was riding with 'im h'in a tryne, <br />The detyles h'I cannot h'exactly remember, <br />But something went wrong with th' bally h'old line. <br />There cyme a great crash, <br />H'and a 'orrible smash; <br />H'I shouted at once: 'Something h'orful's h'ocurred!' <br />'E 'eard women crying, <br />H'and looked h'at the dying, <br />H'and cooly survying the scene, said: 'My word!' <br /> <br />Larst week 'is h'old 'omestead was burned down to h'ashes, <br />H'and while h'it was burning they notified 'im; <br />The firemen were shouting h'and myking mad dashes <br />To resue 'is wife, but their charnces were slim; <br />At larst through the smoke <br />There h'appeared h'a bryve bloke <br />With 'is wife h'in 'is arms, h'an' they slowly descended; <br />Then did 'e go dotty <br />With h'ectasy? Not 'e- - <br />'E merely remarked: 'O my word, that h'is splendid!'<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-word-9/
