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There is a certain Yankee phrase / I always have revered, / Yet, somehow, in these modern days, / It's almost disappeared; / It was the usage years ago, / But nowadays it's got / To be regarded coarse and low / To answer: "I guess not!"
The height of fashion called the pink / Affects a British craze -- / Prefers "I fancy" or "I think" / To that time-honored phrase; / But here's a Yankee, if you please, / That brands the fashion rot, / And to all heresies like these / He answers, "I -- guess not! " --