Pwo little brochures on recent events from Chinkiang, intended for native circulation only, lie before us. They are ballads, vulgarly written and coarsely printed, bound in flaring red covers and sold to coolies for two or three cash apiece, and they describe respectively riot at Chinkiang and the burning of the Shanghai, Messrs, Butterfield and Swire's steamer. hey are supposed to be droned to the new and popular melody "'lien Cups of Wine", even similar effusions in England might be built generally on the model of Over the Garden Wall," and sung to the tune of that exhilarating ditty.
The firsts called "Hung tow tso luan "he riot made by the Sikh policeman, Hung tow, "red head," being the name applied to these tall Indians by the natives of this region.
One cup of wit A Sikh killed " man in a foreign house The people could not stand that, Ab ya, ah yo! The people could not stand that The Connd returned oe answer, ent: the tipao to the Consulate,
The people burned the foreign houses, Ab ya, al y They burned the foreign houses.
The second cup of wine, how clear it is The Sikhs were in a terrible scare Down Gold-Pheasant Hill they bolted, Ah ya, ah yo! Down, ete A messenger was ynickly sent to enquire, Some say he went to Nanking How that may be, we do not know, Ah ya, ah yo! How, ete, The third cup of wine, how sour iti Civilaudmilitary mandarins were in " pother, Messengers were careering about Ah ya, ab yo! Messengers, ete.
The peuple began Lo clear out of the way Packed their gear on boats to cross the Ah ya, ah yo Packed, et The sth emp of mine makes the sal ren down!
Soldiers were sent for from Paokiai Hit, 1 a bustle, Ab ya, ah yo, ig was in a bustle, Sent captain at once with a company, Halted them in the middle of the Malov The foreign devils: secing were nassad scare "The foreign, ete.
The fifth enp of wine, nice and warm The foreign tire-engines are brought on the bund, The people are in a terrible scare Al: ya, ah yo, he people ete.
They wil want to urn the Catholic church, The Consul devil (Kei (=i) is in pother, He clears out to Tai-ku (B. and S.) Ah ya, ah yo, He clears out to Tai-ku.
The sith cup of wine mikes three pairs. They may hoodwink Kwang Hsii and all the Princes, Kut they' can't hoodwink—Wu-kia-pang ARH Ah ya, ah yo! They can't ete, ete., ete.
Up and down the steamers don't run, Thy Consul Avett wants to got to Shang Ah ya, ah yo, The river-way he finds not "open to trade Seven cups of wine, the seventh moon is cooler. The telegraph office isin a rare to do, eaexe "Bim'ah ya, ah yo!
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Of go, ete., ete 1 The Shanghai Consu! is in a fright now, Sends up @ gunboat at once to Chinkiang, And all regain their peace of mind, Ab ya, ah yo! All regain, ete., ete.
Eight cups of wine, fresh bottle! Off goes a long despatch to Nanking, The Viceroy sends down troops, Ab'ya, ah yo! The Viceroy, etc.
Some have died in the steamer's tween-decks, Some have sprung into the river to save their lives, Every one of them has lost his life, Alt ya, uh yo! Every one, ete.
Six cups of wine are three pairs The life-saving red boats come on apace, 'They rest their hambuo poles on the side, Ah ya, ah yo'! They rest, ete, The bodies in the river flout to the top, Every one who sees then feels pitiful, They fish the bodies up on board Ab ya, ah yo! They fish, ete.
Serem cups of win My. seventh aucune moon cooker!
The gunboat is hard by the C.MS.N.
Ca. They send letters by post to Shanghai, jetty, 5 The Insurance Offices are in a terrible scare A deputy is sent in haste for news, Ab ya, ah yo! Ifthenews is not good, look out for bayonets! Steamer are sent fo Chinkiang ae. Ah ya ah yo!. The Insurance, ete,
'A despatch goes to Soo Nine cups of wine, the wine is hang (nellore). The corpses are all ranged along the bank, The Taot'ai is the one scared now nother to any—By and by we will rae al proper yeu Ah ya, ah yot By and by, ete.
The Taot'ai is in an awful fright!
Bight cups of wine, the citron flower is sects On first moon's eighth day he comes to The red boats are laden with corpses, They lay them out on the foreshore An escort whew ud braves protecting him Ah yi hyo!
behind, he Fust wait till plai the whole thing, Tai They lay, ete.
"Aly ule They send photographs of them to Chinkiang, Please wait till T explain the entire affair!
Notices are posted at the CMLS.N. Coy.,, For the relations to come and identify them, Ten cups of wine; the wine ix cold again!
Ah ya, uh yo!
ot'ai is at the funeral of his mother, The forei all dropping tears Peak ye, oh yo? ces Nine cups ey wince, Lih ehrysanthemaan is The foreigners are weeping too yellow.
All buy coffins to put the bodies into, I mast retire to camp All are piled up in one pla The Maloo business Ah ya, #h yo! I must get back to Nanki Allare, ete The second is called ere come call boats to yo to the spot, Some take them away in steamers, he burning of the steamer."
And they drop doviar to Shang One cup of rine, ssevetly srcuterk yot
Tai Kn's steamer came to Shangh And loaded " cargo of cotton, Ten cups of wine, They recognise the: faces Ah ya, ah yo! of the dnd.
And loaded, ete.
When shiah we meet again? ud young, the whole family is weeping, And she started up the Yangtze, The passengers all went on board, 1 ya ah yo! Bound in all haste for Ab ya, ah yo!
When shall we see each other again We the on were coming home to us Bound in all haste for Nanking. aga Toco cups of reine, elect ened bright Now only your"
Every seven slays in the spirit-world you will Suddenly clouds of smoke obscure the be allowed to clinch on the platform fi st Which the spirits have a look at their lost Livery one is in a terrible fraghe, homes, Al ya, ah yo!
Ab ya, alt Every one, Only every seven days, ete., ete.
Sung out to the foreizuerm not to go on, he end.
hal no pity for them, Told them there was nothing the matter All you who read this book: Ab ya, ah yo!
Reverence written characters.
Told them, ete.
If you throw it about in the dirt, Lightning will strike you, Three cups of wine, the wis ix sour.
Be careful of the written character, Every one wanted to remove their baggage, You will have prosperity, money, and lon-No one came, to help thei levity.
Ab ya, No one came, ete.
These ballads do not appear to have: The foreigners seeing were all in a any hidden meaning, or tu be intended The Taotai on board was not attended to, to provoke the readers to farther crimes. The sailors jumped overboard, Ah y (They may do some harm, by making The sailors, ete. light of such serious matters, but they Four cups of wine make the sceat run dove are hardly to be considered actually The flames all over the ship rise to the sky, inflammatory.
No one knows what he ought to do i Ah ya, ah yo! No one, ete.
Some want to jump into the river, But are afraid of being drowned in it, And never returning to their villages again, Sh ya, ah yo! And never, ete.
Five cups of wine make the tears run down, The poor Taotai has lost his life, Allare in a terrible fright, Ah ya, ab yo! All are, ete.
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Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.