C.J. Dennis, The Moods of Ginger Mick - Part 1

GINGER MICK
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H.G
C.J. DENNIS

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THE MOODS OF GINGER MICK
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HAL GYE

"There's a good green land awaitin' you."

THE MOODS
of
GINGER MICK
By C.J. DENNIS
Watercolour illustration - see original document
HAL GYE
SYDNEY : ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD.

THE MOODS 
OF GINGER MICK
BY C.J. DENNIS
Author of "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke," etc.
With Illustrations by Hal Gye
SYDNEY
ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD.
89 CASTLEREAGH STREET
1916

The Author desires to acknowledge the previous publication
in "The Bulletin," Sydney, of numbers III., V., VI., VII., VIII.,
IX., X., and XII., herein printed. The remaining verses are now
published for the first time.
Copyright throughout the British Empire and in the United
States of America.
Dramatic, Cinema and all other Rights are Reserved.
W.C. Penfold & Co. Ltd., Printers, 183 Pitt Street Sydney

DEDICATED TO
THE BOYS WHO TOOK THE COUNT

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Jist to intrajuice me cobber, an' 'is name is
Ginger Mick... ix
I. DUCK AN' FOWL.
Now, when a bloke 'e cracks a bloke fer insults
to a skirt... 15
II. WAR
'E sez to me, "Wot's orl this flamin' war?"...23
III. THE CALL OF STOUSH
Wot price ole Ginger Mick? 'E's done a
break...29
IV. THE PUSH
Becos a crook done in a prince, an' narked
an Emperor...37
V. SARI BAIR
So, they've struck their streak o' trouble, an'
they got it in the neck 45
VI. GINGER'S COBBER
" 'E wears perjarmer soots an' cleans 'is teeth," 51
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CONTENTS
VII. THE SINGING SOLDIERS
"When I'm sittin' in me dug-out wiv me rifle
on me knees...61
VIII. IN SPADGER'S LANE
Ole Mother Moon 'oo yanks 'er beamin' dile...69
IX. THE STRAIGHT GRIFFIN
" 'Eroes? Orright. You 'ave it 'ow yeh like. 77
X. A LETTER TO THE FRONT
I 'ave written Mick a letter in reply to one
uv 'is...85
XI. RABBITS
"Ar! Gimme fights wiv foemen I kin see..." 91
XII. TO THE BOYS WHO TOOK THE COUNT
See, I'm writin' to Mick as a bloke to a bloke...101
XIII. THE GAME
"Ho! the sky's as blue as blazes an' the sun is
shinin' bright 109
XIV. "A GALLANT GENTLEMAN'
Amonth ago the world gre grey for me...117
THE GLOSSARY 127

Introduction
Jist to intrajuice me cobber, an' 'is name is Ginger Mick__
A rorty boy, a naughty boy, wiv rude ixpressions thick
In 'is casu'l conversation, an' the wicked sort o' face
That gives the sudden shudders to the lor-abidin' race.
'Is name is on the records at the Melbourne City Court,
Fer doin' things an' sayin' things no reel nice feller ort;
An' 'is name is on the records uv the Army, over there,
Fer doin' things-same sort o' things that rose the Bench's 'air.
They never rung no joy-bells when 'e made 'is first de-boo;
But 'e got free edjication, w'ich they fondly shoved 'im thro';
Then turned 'im loose in Spadger's Lane to 'ang around the street
An 'elp the cop to re-erlize the 'ardness uv 'is beat.
Then 'e quickly dropped 'is aitches, so as not to be mistook
Fer an edjicated person, 'oo 'is cobbers reckoned crook;
But 'e 'ad a trick wiv figgers that ud make a clerk look sick;
So 'e pencilled fer a bookie; an' 'e 'awked a bit, did Mick.
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