"GOT any boys?" the Marshal said To a lady from over the Rhine; And the lady shook her flaxen head, And civilly answered, "Nein!" "Got any girls?" the Marshal said To the lady from over the Rhine; And again the lady shook her head, And civilly answered, "Nein!" "But some are dead?" the Marshal said To the lady from over the Rhine; And again the lady shook her head, And civilly answered, "Nein!" "Husband of course?" the Marshal said To the lady from over the Rhine; And again she shook her flaxen head, And civilly answered, "Nein!" "The devil you have!" the Marshal said To the lady from over the Rhine; And again she shook her flaxen head, And civilly answered, "Nein!" "Now what do you mean by shaking your head, And always answering, 'Nine'?" "Ich kann nicht Englisch!" civilly said The lady from over the Rhine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SIX TOWN ECLOGUES: SATURDAY; THE SMALL-POX by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU THE CLINGING VINE by ANTIPATER OF SIDON SCHOOLTEACHER by ANGELO PHILIP BERTOCCI LINES by JESSIE GODDARD BROMAN HASTINGS' SONNETS: 1 by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES THE LAST CUP OF CANARY; SIR HARRY LOVELOCK, 1645 by HELEN GRAY CONE |