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Good morning, Mister, how do you do? / I am going to Salmon Lane, to the cheap market for dainty foods. / Won't you come with me, Mister?
I shall buy meat and fish and a loaf of bread, / And fresh fruit and potatoes; / I shall buy a cluster of flowers and a bottle of wine, / Some butter and some jam, / And biscuits, and nuts and candy. / For I give an English feast to-night to a friend with yellow curls, / And every dish will be cooked by me.
Into the pot will go sharp spices, / To flavour your English meats: / Cayenne and thyme, and sage and salt, / A sprig of parsley for garnish, / And some delicate bamboo shoots. / But the sweetest spice will not be seen, / It will leap from my heart to the pot as I stir it. / I am going to gather it on the way to the market / From my own sweet thoughts and from elegant conversation / With notable misters. / Won't you come with me?