⁠‘’As anybody seen Bill ’Awkins?’
⁠⁠‘Now ’ow in the devil would I know?’
‘’E’s taken my girl out walkin’,
⁠⁠An’ I’ve got to tell ’im so—
⁠⁠⁠Gawd—bless—’im!
⁠⁠I’ve got to tell ’im so.’

⁠‘D’ yer know what ’e’s like, Bill ’Awkins?’
⁠⁠‘Now what in the devil would I care?’
‘’E’s the livin’, breathin’ image of an organ-grinder's monkey,
⁠⁠With a pound of grease in ’is ’air—
⁠⁠⁠Gawd—bless—’im!
⁠⁠An’ a pound o’ grease in ’is ’air.’

⁠An’ s’pose you met Bill ’Awkins,