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RECITED BY A CHINESE INFANT by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: IF-ITTY-TESHI-MOW JAYS
Last Line: AND THREW THE WHOLE LOT IN THE FLAMES.
Subject(s): SPEECH; ORATORY; ORATORS;
If-itty-teshi-mow Jays
Haddee ny up-plo-now-shi-buh nays;
ha! ha!
He lote im aw dow,
Witty motti-fy flow;
A-flew-ty ho-lot-itty flays! Hee!

@3Translation@1

Infinitesimal James
Had nine unpronounceable names;
He wrote them all down,
With a mortified frown,
And threw the whole lot in the flames.



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