THE HEATHEN CHINEE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2498, 14 July 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE HEATHEN CHINEE.

In Sydney they're having a terrible scaro, And are making it hot for Mongolians tln-re; Throughout Australasia they seem to agree That they've had quite enough of the heatbon Chinee. What can he have done that he's in such d isgrace ? In scarcely a town does ho dare show his face ? No matter how smooth-tongued and bland ho may be, They're determined to kick out tho heathen Chinee. He is steady, good-tempered, and hardworking too, And a great many things ho knows well how to do, But something is wrong, for you plainly can see, That they want to be rid of the heathen Chinee. Of all things they mie;ht have laid taxes upon, How is it that thoy should have fixed upon John? Why didn't they put a big tax on bis tea, Instead of the almond-eyed heathen Chinee? He tipples no spirits, no beer, and no wine, For drinking and swilling is not in his line, And he seldom or never goes out on the spree, But ho smokes till he's drunk, like a heathen Chinee. I have heard that John Chinaman's guilty of crimes That it would not be proper to put into rhymes, And if he was served as such conduct should be, He'd be whipped till he howled like a heathen Chinee. I know that his morals are only so, so ; He is very deceitful and dirty I know, But this's not tho reason between you and me, That they've got such a down on the heathen Chinee. His success as a gardener doubtless is felt, For growing big cabbages, John wears the belt; But that's not sufficient to make it a plea, For laying r. tax on the heathen Chinee. Tho truth is—be causes the wages to fall, For John can live almost on nothing at all. With a handful of rice and a cup of Bohea, He can fare like a Prince, can the heathen Chinee Tho morals of Sydneyites are not so nice; But what ruins John is—he sells uuderprice, And so they have issued the final decroo, That Sydney's too good for the heathen Chinee. I'll give them a hint, and I know it won't fail: Lot them make it unlawful to wear a pigtail, They would then of Mongolians quickly be free For tho pig-tail's the pride of tho heathen Chinee. Yes ! let it bo known that if Cinnamon stopped, They should all of their pig-tails be certainly cropped ; From the country they'd all of them speedily flee; Not a ghost would be left of the heathen Chinee. Nemo.