Versos English Howard Futhey Brinton La Langue Anglaise

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La Langue Anglaise

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In French, she tattled like fury; Her Spanish was quite comme il faut. Italian she rattled like monkey; In German, she spoke “high” and “low.” Though born in Chicago, the windy, And trussed up in finishing school, Her English was really a shindy, And smashed each grammatical rule.