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There s a nice little hatpeg that hangs on the wall	A
That long from its owner has parted	B
And though he is wandering far beyond call	A
Like him it is always true hearted	B
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Many seasons have passed since his limp Cabbage Tree	C
Has dangled upon the old rack	D
But that one single peg always vacant must be	C
For its owner will surely come back	D
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And though in far countries he sadly doth roam	E
While hunger had forced him to beg	F
Till fortune grows kindly and sends him back home	E
There s an Angel who watches that peg	F
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One afternoon after a long weary tramp	G
And hard grafting to which he s no stranger	H
He found that a letter had come to the camp	G
To warn him his peg was in danger	H
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The words that he used are best shown by a dash	I
As he swore that no rival he d brook	J
Said he my fine fellow I ll settle your hash	I
As the first train to Cooma he took	J
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When he came to that town he bought pistols and knives	K
And a sword with a long shiny blade	L
You d have thought that his rival had two or three lives	M
By the fierce preparations he made	L
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He bought a chaffcutter an axe and a saw	N
With a coffin lined neatly with satin	O
Such a beautiful coffin was ne er seen before	P
With a pious inscription in Latin	O
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A hammerless gun that went off at a touch	Q
Of green cartridges nearly a keg	F
Said he When I ve used them there won t remain much	Q
Of the man with designs on my peg	F
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Then he planted himself till his rival came by	R
From the weapons he made a selection	O
Quoth he When he comes I shall certainly try	R
And give him the warmest reception	O
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So as the bold stripling came singing along	S
The Exile sprang out from his lair	T
While his rival soon warbled a different song	S
T was less of a song than a prayer	T
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Then he shot him with axes and chopped him with guns	U
Till his state was so utterly utter	H
When the Exile collects all the pieces and runs	U
The remnants right through the chaffcutter	H
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He turns at the handle with feelings of joy	V
And as he put through the last leg	F
Quoth he this is how I shall treat any boy	V
Who dares hang his hat alt to lay hands on my peg	F
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Then he shut down the coffin well pleased to be rid	W
Of the youth who got terribly mauled for	H
The sake of a hat peg Then tacked on the lid	W
A label Please keep until called for	H
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Read these verses sweet youth for a moral lies there	H
Tis short not much more than a line	X
At Rosedale are plenty of pegs and to spare	H
Don t hang up your hat upon mine	X

Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake

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