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JONES ENLIGHTENED by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: AT BORDEAUX, WHEN AUTUMN HAD RIPEN'D THE VINE
Last Line: "NOW THE REASON I KNOW WHY THEY CALL IT LA FITTE."
Subject(s): DRINKS & DRINKING; GRAPES; WINE;
AT Bordeaux, when autumn had ripen'd the vine,
And the natives were treading the grapes into wine,
Said Jones to a friend whom he chanced there to meet,
"Now the reason I know why they call it @3La Fitte."@1



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