Our friends and all about them By Edith Bland [i.e. E. Nesbit]. Illustrated by Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, Fanny Moody and W. Gilbert Foster |
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French & English.
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French & English.
Oh! please, sir, this is where I live!
Oh let me, please, come by;
It would not be the thing to bite
So small a dog as I.
Oh let me, please, come by;
It would not be the thing to bite
So small a dog as I.
Besides you are so great and grand,
And I so young and small;
You could not fight me, I am sure,
It would not do at all.
And I so young and small;
You could not fight me, I am sure,
It would not do at all.
I see you're foreign by your air,
So different, sir, to mine;
I do not know the foreign bark,
Only the native whine.
So different, sir, to mine;
I do not know the foreign bark,
Only the native whine.
My halting, poor, inferior speech
I hope you comprehend;
Oh! don't disdain the English pup,
The small admiring friend.
I hope you comprehend;
Oh! don't disdain the English pup,
The small admiring friend.
You may not know our English ways,
But this, dear sir, is one:
Big dogs do not fight little dogs,
Believe me, it's not done.
But this, dear sir, is one:
Big dogs do not fight little dogs,
Believe me, it's not done.
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