Used to sweeten grub with smiles when she

would pass a plate,

And me and marm, like two old coots, we swal-

lowed hook and bait.

You bet we git some diff’rent looks, we git some

different feed,

Jest like they’d throw it out to dogs, now son

has got the deed.

An’ Marshy growls at mother, and mother’s

growlin’ wuss,