Or like a bloomin' fancy ball;

There's somethin' every way you look,

An' me—young me—I seen it all.

I know about them "dark bazaars"—

An' dark they is—I know them skies,

An' suns an' moons an' silver stars

An' 'ummin'-birds an' fiery-flies.

I seen the palms an' parrokeets,

I've 'eard the jackals in the night,

I've ate them beas'ly Injian sweets