Wos dropped on that there ’oliday.”

“Now, tip us ’ow it come about,”

The other, drowsy, cries,

The while, the crownless chimney-pot

Upon his head he tries.

“Now, tip us: say, whose job it wor?

What did he smash the ’Scursion for?”

“Jim’s wor that job,” the pointsman said;

“He ’ad too long a bout!

But what he smashed the ’Scursion for