Gave her a piece to learn to recite.
For three whole days we didn’t know
The piece she had given to Mistress Snow;
But on Monday morning Miss McHugh
Said: “Margaret will speak for the 2-A-2.”
Then Mistress Margaret Esther wailed,
And all of us girls in sympathy paled;
But all of a sudden she walked right out,
She tossed her head as she turned about.
She made a most wonderful Grecian bow