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...sleep and the cat didn't know what to make of it." Said he: "It was all due to my Southern charm." From Cophill House School near Oxford to the Admiralty in London went a note and a school rhyme from Master William Shakespeare to his father, Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, whose boss is Winston Churchill. The note: "You can show it to Winston if you like." The rhyme: "My U-boats are under the ocean, My Graf Spee is under the sea, My Hitler is in a commotion...
From Cophill House School near Oxford to the Admiralty in London went a note and a school rhyme from Master William Shakespeare Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, whose boss is Winston Churchill. The note: "You can show it to Winston if you like." The rhyme: "My U-boats are under the ocean, My Graf Spee is under the sea, My Hitler is in a commotion, Oh don't mention Winston to me." Proud Papa Shakespeare read it at an Anglo-American Community Chest luncheon...
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