Way Down Upon the Swanee River

'I would not go so far as that, sir, but I have unquestionably seen you more soigné.'

It crossed my mind for an instant that with a little thought one might throw together something rather clever about 'Way down upon the soigné river', but I was too listless to follow it up.

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'Very far from soigné. Oh, by the way, Jeeves, that reminds me. Bertie Wooster told me that you once made some such remark to him, and it gave him the idea for a ballad to be entitled "Way Down upon the Soigné River". Did anything ever come of it, do you know?'

'I fancy not, m'lord.'

'Bertie wouldn't have been equal to whacking it out, I suppose. But one can see a song hit there, handled by the right person.'

'No doubt, m'lord.'

'Cole Porter could probably do it.'

'Quite conceivably, m'lord.'

'Or Oscar Hammerstein.'

'It should be well within the scope or Mr Hammerstein's talents, m'lord.'

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'So I would be disposed to imagine, sir. And your disturbed night has left you ruffled, I am sorry to see. You are far from soigné.'

I could, I suppose, have said something about 'Way down upon the soigné river', but I didn't. My mind was occupied with deeper thoughts. I was in pensive mood.

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