OLD acquaintance unforgotten,
Though you may be -ugly brutes�-
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-s� snarling,
When I asked him for a -show�,
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!