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History

it is set in the conventionalized "foreigner's accent".

Holland raising money and troops to support Charles I. Called "The French Report",

The title was derived from a ballad probably written in 1642-3 while the Queen was in

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T: A la Mode de France
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Q: 120
H: The title was derived from a ballad probably written in 1642-3 while the Queen was in
H: Holland  raising money and troops to support Charles I.  Called "The French Report",
H: it is set in the  conventionalized "foreigner's accent".
W: Me have of late been in England
W: Vere me have seen much sport
W: De raising of de Parliament
W: Have quite pull'd down de Court
W: De King and Queen dey seperate
W: And rule in ignorance
W: Pray judge ye Gentlemen, if dis
W: Be a la mode de France
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