LITERATURA DE LÍNGUA INGLESA
Leia o poema “Tommy” do escritor britânico Rudyard Kippling (1865-1936):
Tommy
I went into the public ‘ouse to get a pint o’ beer,
The publican ‘e up an’ sez, “We serve no redcoats here.”
The girls be’ind the bar they laugh and’ giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an’ to myself sez I:
Oh, it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Tommy, go away”;
But it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins,” when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
Oh, it’s “Thank you, Mister Atkins,” when the band begins to play.
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