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1866–1951

POLITENESS

Gelett Burgess

I think it would be lots of fun To be polite to every one; A boy would doff his little hat, A girl would curtsey, just like that!

And both would use such words as these: “Excuse me, Sir,” and “If you please;” Not only just at home, you know, But everywhere that they should go.

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