I am the English Master


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I'm in the stuffy class-room and I'm the teacher there
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But now the seats are empty, like nests made by a mare
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Sometimes I think I'm doing, not quite so very bad
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All masters after all are just a trifle mad


I teach so it will happen
More than I know myself
The dictionary helps me
Two volumes on the shelf

I am the English Master
which proves this poem best
I spice my lessons sometimes
With condescending jest

I am a quiet nightmare
Not frightful only sad
I am the English Master
And only slightly mad
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lyrics:J.Hanlo(1912-1969),poems
Music:P.J.Mulder