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The hats of a man may be many	A
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In the course of a varied career	B
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And some have been worth not a penny	A
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And some have been devilish dear	B
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But there's one hat I always remember	C
When sitting alone by the fire	C
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In the depth of a Northern November	C
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Because it fulfilled my desire	C
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It was old it was ragged and rotten	D
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And many years out of mode	E
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Like a thing that a tramp had forgotten	D
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And left at the side of a road	E
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The boughs of the mulga had torn it	F
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It's ribbon was naught but lace	G
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And old swaggie would not have worn it	F
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Without a sad smile on his face	G
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When I took off the hat to the ladies	H
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It was rather with sorrow than swank	I
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And often I wished it in Hades	H
When the gesture drew only a blank	I
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But for swatting a fly on the tucker	C
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Or lifting a quart from the fire	C
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Or belting the ribs of a bucker	C
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It was all that a man could desire	C
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When it ought to have gone to the cleaner's	H
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And stayed there as somebody said	J
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It was handy for flogging the weaners	H
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From the drafting yard into the shed	J
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And oft it has served as a dish for	C
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A kelpie in need of a drink	K
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It was all that a fellow could wish for	C
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In many more ways than you'd think	K
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It was spotted and stained by the weather	C
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There was more than one hole in the crown	L
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And it made little difference whether	C
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The rim was turned up or turned down	L
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It kept out the rain in a fashion	D
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And kept off the sun more or less	H
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Bt it merely comanded compassion	D
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Considered as part of one's dress	H
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Though it wasn't a hat you would bolt with	M
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Or be anxious to borrow or hire	C
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It was useful to blindfold a colt with	M
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Or handle a bit of barbed wire	C
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Though the world may have thought it improper	C
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To wear such old rubbish as that	N
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I'd have scorned the best London made topper	C
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In exchange for my old battered hat	N

William Henry Ogilvie

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