Recited on Newsnight with Kirsty Wark- December 22nd 2004
I knew she wasn’t English
For she spoke it far too well
The grammar was goodly and the verbs where they should be
And the slang was bang on the bell
But as the language barrier banged and clanged
I could not hear, hear nor see
London, England and Bow
Crumble into the sea.