[1: well-dressed man] [2: man] [3: hat] [4: died; mistake] [5: made them stare] [6: donkey] [7: fellow] [8: no mistake] [9: wife; make a show]
I'm just about the proudest man that walks, I've got a little nipper, when 'e talks [1] I'll lay yer forty shiners to a quid [2] You'll take 'im for the father, me the kid. Now as I never yet was blessed wi' wealf, I've 'ad to bring that youngster up myself, And though 'is education 'as been free, 'E's allus 'ad the best of tips from me. [3] And 'e's a little champion, Do me proud well 'e's a knock out, [4] Takes after me and ain't a bit too tall. 'E calls 'is mother "Sally," And 'is father "good old pally," And 'e only stands about so 'igh, that's all!
'E gits me on at skittles and 'e flukes, [5] And when 'e wants to 'e can use 'is "dooks," [6] You see 'im put 'em up, well there, it's great, 'E takes a bit of lickin at 'is weight; 'E'll stick up like a Briton for 'is pals, An' ain't 'e just a terror with the gals; I loves to see 'im cuttin' of a dash, A walkin' down our alley on the mash. [7] There, 'e's a little champion, Do me proud well 'e's a knock out, I've knowed 'im take a girl on six foot tall; 'E'll git 'imself up dossy, [8] Say I'm goin' out wi' Flossie, An' 'e only stands about so 'igh, that's all.
I used to do a gin crawl e'vry night, [9] An' very, very often come 'ome tight, [10] But now of all sich 'abits I've got rid, I al'us wants to git 'ome to the kid. In teachin' 'im I takes a regular pride, Not books, of course, for them 'e can't abide, But artful little ikey little ways, [11] As makes the people sit up where we stays. [12]
(_Spoken_)--Only last Sunday me an' the missus took 'im out for a walk--I should say 'e took us out. As we was a comin' 'ome I says to the old gal "Let's pop into the 'Broker's Arms' and 'ave a drop o' beer?" She didn't raise no objection so in we goes, followed by 'is nibs--I'd forgotten all about 'im--I goes to the bar and calls for two pots of four 'alf; suddenly I feels 'im a tuggin' at my coat, "Wot's up?" sez I; "Wot did yer call for?" sez 'e; "Two pots of four 'alf," sez I; "Oh," sez 'e, "ain't mother goin' to 'ave none?"
Well, 'e's a little champion, Do me proud well 'e's a knock out, "Drink up," sez 'e, "Three pots, miss, it's my call." I sez "Now Jacky, Jacky;" 'E sez, "And a screw of baccy," And 'e only stands about so 'igh, that's all.