Cohen on the Telephone
Joe Hayman
1913
I rang up to tell you that I’m your tenant Cohen. I say I’m your tenant, Cohen. I ain’t goin’, I’m stoppin’ here. I’m your tenant Coh—Not lieutenant Cohen. I vant to tell you thet last night the vind came and blow down the shutter outside my house. And I vant you to send—I say last night de vind came—De vind, not the devil, the vind. The vind. You…
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