I says to him I'd ort to of knowed jist how lonelyhearted you was feelin'. Me that knows how it is to go amon'st strangers.

[…] the British squaddies look with faint contempt on the Rhodesians (or Rhodies as they sometimes call them; military slang mushrooms overnight).[…]

He is putting all his energy into this one task.

Get on up yonder and get a ticket, if you want to ride.