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Mother Goose for Grown-ups
Guy Wetmore Carryl
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You quite forget yourself, it's plain,
So I'll forget you, too. Insane
Young man, I'll say oafweederzane."
(Her German might be blamed.)
But Jack, whose linguist's pride was pricked,
To shine,
Asked: "Meine Königin will nicht
Be mine?"
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And when she answered: "Nein" in spleen,
He cried: "Then in the soup tureen
You'll stay. You're not the only queen
Discarded for a nein!"
The moral's made for maidens young
And small:
If you would in a foreign tongue
Enthrall,
Lead off undaunted in a Swede
Or Spanish speech, and you'll succeed,
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A lot of these verses feel like they would be fun to set to music and sing, ala Gilbert and Sullivan
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