"'As anybody seen Bill 'Awkins?" <br /> "Now 'ow in the devil would I know?" <br />"'E's taken my girl out walkin', <br /> An' I've got to tell 'im so -- <br /> Gawd -- bless -- 'im! <br /> I've got to tell 'im so." <br /> <br /> "D'yer know what 'e's like, Bill 'Awkins?" <br /> "Now what in the devil would I care?" <br />"'E's the livin', breathin' image of an organ-grinder's monkey, <br /> With a pound of grease in 'is 'air -- <br /> Gawd -- bless -- 'im! <br /> An' a pound o' grease in 'is 'air." <br /> <br /> "An' s'pose you met Bill 'Awkins, <br /> Now what in the devil 'ud ye do?" <br />"I'd open 'is cheek to 'is chin-strap buckle, <br /> An' bung up 'is both eyes, too -- <br /> Gawd -- bless -- 'im! <br /> An' bung up 'is both eyes, too!" <br /> <br /> "Look 'ere, where 'e comes, Bill 'Awkins! <br /> Now what in the devil will you say?" <br />"It isn't fit an' proper to be fightin' on a Sunday, <br /> So I'll pass 'im the time o' day -- <br /> Gawd -- bless -- 'im! <br /> I'll pass 'im the time o' day!"<br /><br />Rudyard Kipling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bill-awkins/
