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by Unknown

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MINE MODER-IN-LAW.[¹]

[¹] Copyright, Harper & Bros.

HERE vas many qveer dings in dis land of der free,

I neffer could qvite understand;

Der beoples dhey all seem so deefrent to me

As dhose in mine own faderland.

Dhey gets blendy droubles, und indo mishaps

Mitout der least bit off a cause;