FAN. TAN.
What is Fan-tan ? Mr Dick doesn't know, yon knowQuite out of his Hue somehow ; But his colleagues can show. Those who drafted the Bill, They can tell if they will ; For himself, lie confesses he Is quite, quite at sea i "What is Fan-tan ? Is it worse than the Can-can, Unlimited 100, or the dirty koo-too, Euchre, or poker, or any such choker, Played down at Bellamy's. Or in the lobbies, . "When the new hats totted up thirty-two r "What is Pan-tan P It is such and so forth, Says the man from the North, Who is all things to all men, From chapels to slieep-pen, " Without friendship or malice 111 tell you," says Wallis, " With, counters you play it, On a table you lay it, And it's deil tak' the lundmost, ]?or that is the winning-post." What is Fan-tan ? It is far too immensely Chinese, and intensely Uncleanly for aught but a Warns to scan. He knows how all goes, From Celestial toes To the wonders of Bagdad or far Ispahan. What is Fan-tan ? Is it viler or worse Than the pension for Dan, Just filched from the purse Of the welter-weighted Dark horse, ", Young Colony," Of the heavily-freighted New frigate, " Phlebotomy ?"
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO18810813.2.26
Bibliographic details
Observer, Volume 2, Issue 48, 13 August 1881, Page 554
Word Count
205FAN. TAN. Observer, Volume 2, Issue 48, 13 August 1881, Page 554
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in