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Show - uu TABLE MANNERS. When company comes here fjr ten I'm lust .1 good as I t an be i sit up straight before the table And eat as nicely as I'm able. My hands are always elean and white, And I do things exactlv right. I do not cram my month with food, For mother says that's very rude. I never sprawl m arms out wide. But keep my elbows at my side (That maj 0" proper, but I'll It's awful hard to eat that way.) : , When company comes here to -al , I don't slip back into my seat, But sit up very stiff and straight. And wait until I get my plate. My 'abh manners are cOrrei I And all that grown folks should ex- pecl t i J I never shout for things I see But wait until they're passed to mei And thai is proper, but I'll say ;I miss a lot ot food that wa, ' 'Coz they forget to ask IT I ' Would like another piece of pie J: ) And when they're serving out the The biggest piece I never take; The table clo.h 1 never smear The way 1 do when folks aren't h 8 I'm Just as proper as can be j- h.-n company is here to tea, I always tr the best I can To be a little gentleman But Oh, I like it better when The company goes home again. 'Cos I get more to eat at nichi 1 V hen I don't have to be polite |