WHEN PRIVATE MUGRUMS PARLAY VOOS

I can count my francs an’ santeems—

If I’ve got a basket near—

An’ I speak a wicked “bon jour,”

But the verbs are awful queer,

An’ I lose a lot o’ pronouns

When I try to talk to you,

For your eyes are so bewitchin’

I forget to parlay voo.

In your pretty little garden,