(An Apotheosis.)

Air: "John Peel."

Do you ken the sweet Ma Nyun
With her pretty winning ways,

And her dainty supple figure,
Unoppressed by cruel stays ?

She's a " stunning little ripper " ;
And I'm going to sing her praise.
So here's to the health of Ma Nyun, boys !

Maybe she's but a tyro

In your red-tape etiquette.
But she doesn't guzzle whiskey

I/ike your so-called Smarter Set ;
And she'd scorn to shriek or riot

I/ike your vulgar Suffragette.
So here's to the health of Ma Njmn, boys !

You will never catch her " ragging "

In a two-step or a jig ;
And to stalk for dancing partners

She'd consider m/r« dig.
('Tis the custom of her country,*

Not because she is a prig.)

So here's to the health of Ma Nyun, boys !

* Burmese women do not dance with the sterner sex.
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Ballads of Burma.
