Living
"Company Manners"
From The Book of Joyous Children (1902)
Living
When Bess gave her Dollies a Tea, said she,--
"It's unpolite, when they's Company,
To say you've drinked two cups, you see,--
But say you've drinked a couple of tea."
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “"Company Manners".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/331/.
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “"Company Manners".” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/331/.
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