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by Unknown

Und schkydoodled droo der schnow.

I could schtand der mumbs und measles,

Und der ruckshuns in der house;

Budt mine presendt dribulations

Vas too mooch for Meester Strauss.

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THE PUZZLED DUTCHMAN.[¹]

The copy for this selection was forwarded to us by the author himself with the notation on the side, “My First Dialect Poem.”

[¹] Copyright, Lee & Shepard.