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Robert W Service - The Front ToothRobert W Service - The Front Tooth
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A-sittin` in the Bull and Pump With double gins to keep us cheery Says she to me, says Polly Crump" "What makes ye look so sweet. me dearie? As if ye`d gotten back yer youth . . . ." Says I: "It`s just me new front tooth." Says Polly Crump: "A gummy grin Don`t help to make one`s business active; We gels wot gains our bread by sin Have got to make ourselves attractive. I hope yer dentist was no rook?" Says I: "A quid is what he took." Says Polly Crump: "The shoes you wear Are down at heel and need new soleing; Why doncher buy a better pair? The rain goes in and out the holeing. They`re squelchin` as ye walk yer beat. . . ." Says I: "blokes don`t look at me feet." Says Polly Crump: "You cough all day; It just don`t do in our profession; A girl`s got to be pert and gay To give a guy a good impression; For if ye cough he`s shy of you. . . ." Says I: "An` wots a gel to do?" Says Polly Crump: "I`m pink an` fat, But you are bones an` pale as plaster; At this dam` rate you`re goin` at You`ll never live to be a laster. You`ll have the daisy roots for door. . . ." Says I: "It`s `ell to be a `ore. "But I don`t care now I can smile, Smile, smile and not that gap-toothed grinning; I`m wet and cold, but it`s worth while To once again look fairly winning. And send ten bob or so to Mother. . . ." Said Polly Crump: "Gwad! Have another?"
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