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"When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said"
"I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself,"

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"Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart.
He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you
To get yourself some teeth. He did, I was there."

"You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set,
He said, I swear, I can't bear to look at you.
And no more can't I, I said, and think of poor Albert,
He's been in the army four years, he wants a good time,
And if you don't give it him, there's others will, I said."

"Oh is there, she said. Something o' that, I said.
Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look."

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"If you don't like it you can get on with it, I said.
Others can pick and choose if you can't.
But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling."

You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique.
(And her only thirty-one.)

"I can't help it", she said, pulling a long face,
It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said.
(She's had five already, and nearly died of young George.)

"The chemist said it would be alright, but I've never been the same."

"You are a proper fool", I said.

"Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is", I said,

What you get married for if you don't want children?"

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