CHIARINI'S CIRCUS. [BY MRS. HARRIS, IN "S.T. NEWSLETTER."]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIX, Issue 4794, 7 January 1873, Page 4

CHIARINI'S CIRCUS. [BY MRS. HARRIS, IN "S.T. NEWSLETTER."]

The Italian Circui his certainly set poor ih vild, Especially the 'own mihipof thittheioMnf int child, "Vf ho galloped round a-itanding firm upon the Creole's ihoulder And kept 'er balance that correct she didn't need to 'old 'er Ven Sayrah saw the 'ossos dunce tho polka and quadrille 'Er hexU-ues irai that hintenso I couldn t keep er still , " Mi«sus," says she, " I think there's truth m vot old Stone do say, That hanimile-, 'ave human sola, or thoy couldn't dame tb it way; I'm mro sith waltzing is beyond the power of an y hoof, And to chawr in that graceful *tyle, of reason tis a proof; Like human b-ingi they've been taught, l>y fear of futuie tortur, To awoid taking wicked steps, sich as they didn t ought ter . .,.,,. Likewayi by 'opes of 'eavenly joy m gettiu' heitra Theyv'o been hindoosed to dance correct and gallop at sich sped. Reward and punishment, wo »ee, alike movo man and 'om— . Both find tranigreision's way is 'urd, »nd h'ndolcnco But werry few of thoso young men who try ht balls to dance Can Bt>p as graceful as an 'osi nor Bohelegmtly prance. I do vnh vun of them 'o«ses vould reach a. dancing ichool, For a partner as can't keep in step do look a perfect fool, And some do drag vun's body rerjr nearly off vun'j Likeways do tread upon vun'i ikiit, vile, like a hawkward 'ack, They trot, and amble, and stand ■till, and thon go bobbing mu'id, Till it's a mercy if the gal ain't tpilled upon the ground But oh ' just look at tho Prince and Duke, vot grace is in their motion — Saxe-Coburg's Juko can't dance like that, nor no I'rince across the ocean. And vot si ear for music ! Vun may seo it as they waltz. For nobody can danco whose ear for 'armony u false. That trained 'oss Sylvan, too, 'itve got the holejjantest ■hape, And 'is capers comes quite nat'ral, 'cos they brought him from the i ape I almost with I was an '<.si to dance an Ighlancj fling Arm in arm with Chiariui and that sweet four-legged thing. Lor • Missni, vot the deuce is hup ? Juit turn your hi's hup there, And soe that wentrous younugalnuponded in the air, Her fragile con in 'unging down, deptndent on 'cr t«.es, And if 'er big too should turn taint 'tis sartin down sho goei ' Ah ' greeilnoii"! • vot tremenjou3 power is in a Toman's j iw As can strap up and support a nun ; she's a femalo Sam*un sure " " 'Tis hawlul, Sayrah," I replied. " Bho'd belt mind vot ihe's a doin', For 'istory iays a voman's jaw 'as hofti n proved man's room ' "Ven tho trained guinnco voi brought into the ring, Me and Sayrah vos delighted Vith tho gentle, docilo thing. " O, vot a dear '" sho cried, vich c-uised a har«ument between ut ; For, '"taint no deer, Sayrah," says I, " though something of that gunus Look at your 'andbill, vich to gi\o its propoi namo and natur — The fust one of its fam'ly to perform at a theayter, And take up vith civ'lisation, and loam to live by rule— 'Tit the first Christian conw ert of the Gu mico school '

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