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A poem by 海明威: I like Canadian

johnkerry(要住白房子)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961)
I Like Canadians

By A Foreigner

I like Canadians.
They are so unlike Americans.
They go home at night.
Their cigarets don't smell bad.
Their hats fit.
They really believe that they won the war.
They don't believe in Literature.
They think Art has been exaggerated.
But they are wonderful on ice skates.
A few of them are very rich.
But when they are rich they buy more horses
Than motor cars.
Chicago calls Toronto a puritan town.
But both boxing and horse-racing are illegal
In Chicago.
Nobody works on Sunday.
Nobody.
That doesn't make me mad.
There is only one Woodbine.
But were you ever at Blue Bonnets?
If you kill somebody with a motor car in Ontario
You are liable to go to jail.
So it isn't done.
There have been over 500 people killed by motor cars
In Chicago
So far this year.
It is hard to get rich in Canada.
But it is easy to make money.
There are too many tea rooms.
But, then, there are no cabarets.
If you tip a waiter a quarter
He says "Thank you."
Instead of calling the bouncer.
They let women stand up in the street cars.
Even if they are good-looking.
They are all in a hurry to get home to supper
And their radio sets.
They are a fine people.
I like them.

Notes

19] Woodbine: Toronto racetrack. Cf. Hemingway's article "Toronto Is the Biggest Betting Place in North America | 10,000 People Bet $100,000 on Horses Every Day," Toronto Star Weekly (Dec. 29, 1923): 17.

20] Blue Bonnets: Montreal racetrack.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 枫下拾英 / 乐韵书香 / A poem by 海明威: I like Canadian -johnkerry(要住白房子); 2004-9-27 {1993} (#1906195@0)
    本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961)
    I Like Canadians

    By A Foreigner

    I like Canadians.
    They are so unlike Americans.
    They go home at night.
    Their cigarets don't smell bad.
    Their hats fit.
    They really believe that they won the war.
    They don't believe in Literature.
    They think Art has been exaggerated.
    But they are wonderful on ice skates.
    A few of them are very rich.
    But when they are rich they buy more horses
    Than motor cars.
    Chicago calls Toronto a puritan town.
    But both boxing and horse-racing are illegal
    In Chicago.
    Nobody works on Sunday.
    Nobody.
    That doesn't make me mad.
    There is only one Woodbine.
    But were you ever at Blue Bonnets?
    If you kill somebody with a motor car in Ontario
    You are liable to go to jail.
    So it isn't done.
    There have been over 500 people killed by motor cars
    In Chicago
    So far this year.
    It is hard to get rich in Canada.
    But it is easy to make money.
    There are too many tea rooms.
    But, then, there are no cabarets.
    If you tip a waiter a quarter
    He says "Thank you."
    Instead of calling the bouncer.
    They let women stand up in the street cars.
    Even if they are good-looking.
    They are all in a hurry to get home to supper
    And their radio sets.
    They are a fine people.
    I like them.

    Notes

    19] Woodbine: Toronto racetrack. Cf. Hemingway's article "Toronto Is the Biggest Betting Place in North America | 10,000 People Bet $100,000 on Horses Every Day," Toronto Star Weekly (Dec. 29, 1923): 17.

    20] Blue Bonnets: Montreal racetrack.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
    • 据说有一阵子，海明威住在Buthurst St -fatbean(青年发明家:零零发); 2004-10-2 (#1913144@0)
    • 啊~~~~~~！以前看过他写的I like Americans，刚才看到I like Canadians还以为是别人模仿他写的呢，又Google了一下，发现原来是他自己搞的镜象诗。 -solara(solara); 2004-10-2 {1127} (#1913164@0)
      本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛I LIKE AMERICANS

      by Ernest Miller Hemingway

      I like Americans.
      They are so unlike Canadians.
      They do not take their policemen seriously.
      They come to Montreal to drink.
      Not to criticize.
      They claim they won the war.
      But they know at heart that they didn't.
      They have such respect for Englishmen.
      They like to live abroad.
      They do not brag about how they take baths.
      But they take them.
      Their teeth are so good.
      And they wear B.V.D.'s all the year round.
      I wish they didn't brag about it.
      They have the second best navy in the world.
      But they never mention it.
      They would like to have Henry Ford for president.
      But they will not elect him.
      They saw through Bill Bryan.
      They have gotten tired of Billy Sunday.
      Their men have such funny hair cuts.
      They are hard to suck in on Europe.
      They have been there once.
      They produced Barney Google, Mutt and Jeff.
      And Jiggs.
      They do not hang lady murderers.
      They put them in vaudeville.
      They read the Saturday Evening Post
      And believe in Santa Claus.
      When they make money
      They make a lot of money.
      They are fine people.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

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