Givin’ all them Frenchmen thanks,
Since they’d acted mighty kind-like
In a-dealin’ with his Yanks.
All th’ peepul started clappin’
When his talk kum to a close,
An’ a purty little lassie
Offered him a dandy rose.
Shore he tuk it, smilin’ pleasant,
Like a gift he couldn’t miss—
An’ th’ little maid wuz happy