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A POLITICAL DISPATCH by GEORGE CANNING

First Line: IN MATTERS OF COMMERCE THE FAULT OF THE DUTCH
Last Line: VOUS FRAPPEREZ FALCK AVES 20 PER CENT.
Subject(s): NETHERLANDS; HOLLAND; DUTCH PEOPLE;
IN matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content,
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.
20 per cent, 20 per cent.
We clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.
Vous frapperez Falck aves 20 per cent.



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