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Full many a sinful notion / Conceived of foreign powers / Has come across the ocean / To harm this land of ours; / And heresies called fashions / Have modesty effaced, / And baleful, morbid passions / Corrupt our native taste. / O tempora! O mores! / What profanations these / That seek to dim the glories / Of apple-pie and cheese!
I'm glad my education / Enables me to stand / Against the vile temptation / Held out on every hand; / Eschewing all the tittles / With vanity replete, / I'm loyal to the victuals / Our grandsires used to eat! / I'm glad I've got three willing boys / To hang around and tease / Their mother for the filling joys / Of apple-pie and cheese!