OLD acquaintance unforgotten,
Though you may be -ugly brutesâ?-
Though your leather-s cracked and rotten,
Worn-out pair of Blucher boots.
-Tis the richer man before you,
Dearer leathers grace his feet;
-Twas the better man that wore you
In the tramps through dust and heat!
Oft rebuffed by -super-sâ? snarling,
When I asked him for a -showâ?,
On that long tramp to the Darling
In the days of long ago;
Tell me, if you know it, whether,
As I sadly tramped away,
Bore I heavy on your leather,
Worn-out pair of Bluchers, say?
Though your leather-s cracked and rotten,
Though you may be ugly brutes,
I-ll preserve you unforgotten,
Worn-out pair of Blucher boots!