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Slang-Whang.

Slang-whang, he Chinaman
Catchee school in Yangtsze-Kiang,
He larn-pidgin sit top-side gloun',
An' leedee lesson upside down,
Wit'h Yatsh-ery—patsh-ery, snap an' sneeze,
So fash' he chilo leed Chinese.
Slang-Whang, when makee noise,
Wit'h he pigtail floggee állo boys,
Allo this pidgin much tim go,
What tim good olo Empelor Slo.
An' no more now in Yangtsze-Kiang
Hab got one teacher good like Slang.