Columbia, may I present my young friend?
She's English, I know; quite English, I know.
I don't say adopt her; I do say—attend,
Though she's English, you know; quite English, you know.
At any rate deign to vouchsafe her a smile,
I fear my Republican friends she will rile;
But she may prove a friend, though she comes from the Isle
That's English, you know; quite English, you know.
Chorus.
The things I have said 'tis high time you should hear,