An- SO -e-s dead in London,
An- answered to the call,
An- trotted through the Long Street,
With -earse an- plumes an- all?
We was village boys an- brothers-
We was warm as we could be,
In the milk-walk an- the fried fish,
Up in London, -im an- me.
We was warm,
We was warm,
As we -ad always been;
We never -ad a dry word
Till she come between.
I lived round Windsor Terrace,
An- -im across the wye,
An- when I sailed a emigrant
We never said good-bye!
He wos better than a brother-
Wot you Bushmen call a mate.
(Did he reach the rylwye stytion,
As they told me, just too late!)
We was warm,
We was warm,
As pals was ever seen;
We never -ad a dry word
Till she come between.
I meant to go back -ome again,
I meant to write to-night;
I meant to write by every mail,
But I thought -e oughter write.
An- now -e-s left North London-
For a better place, perhaps-
She-s flauntin- in -er widder weeds,
With eyes on other chaps.
We was warm,
We was warm,
As we -ad always been;
We never -ad a dry word
Till she come between.
Oh! tongues is bad in wimmin,
When wimmin-s tongues is bad!
For they-ll part men an- brothers
World oceans wide, my lad!
There was seven years between us,
An- fifteen thousand mile,
An- now there-s death an- sorrer
For ever an- awhile.
We was warm,
We was warm,
As two was ever seen;
We never -ad a dry word
Till she come between.
The Black Bordered Letter
Henry Lawson
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