Vulgar words in Ballads of a Cheechako (Page 1)

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cuss x 1
damn x 3
fag x 1
slut x 1
            

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~   ~   ~   Sentence 197   ~   ~   ~

I'll swear I was mild as I'd be with a child, but he called me the son of a slut; And, grabbing his gun with a leap and a run, he threatened my face with the butt.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 235   ~   ~   ~

For Bill was a dainty kind of cuss, and his mind was mighty sot On a dinky patch with flowers and grass in a civilized bone-yard lot.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 236   ~   ~   ~

And where he died or how he died, it didn't matter a damn So long as he had a grave with frills and a tombstone "epigram".

~   ~   ~   Sentence 280   ~   ~   ~

Now there was little of law in the land, and evil doings were rife, And every man who joyed in his home guarded the fame of his wife; For there were those of the silver tongue and the honeyed art to beguile, Who would cozen the heart from a woman's breast and damn her soul with a smile.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 451   ~   ~   ~

Hark to the tups and wethers; Hark to the old gray ram: "We're all of us white, but he's black as night, And he'll never be worth a damn_."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 461   ~   ~   ~

He fagged for my room at Eton, and didn't I devil his soul!

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