But gentle means I'd try, d'ye see,
Because I hate all cruelty;
If all had been like me, in fact,
There'd ha' been no occasion for Martin's act,
Dumb animals to prevent getting cracked—on the head.
For if I had a donkey wot wouldn't go,
I never would wollop him—no, no, no;
I'd give him some hay, and cry, Gee O!
And come up, Neddy—Heigh Oh!
What makes me mention this? This morn—