THE CHINESE QUESTION FROM A NEGRO POINT OF VIEW.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6296, 21 January 1882, Page 7

THE CHINESE QUESTION FROM A NEGRO POINT OF VIEW.

Tins November part of the Century Magazine, formerly known as Sonbner a, has the following humorous stanzas on tbe Chinese question in America: — He kin pick up a libbin' wharebber he goes Br wakin' de railroad an* washin ole cloes, He kin lib' 'bomt as cheap as a leather-wing bat, For he watches de rat market keen as a cat, An' his boa'd and his rations is P™ttyniglifre«, For a mighty imart cuss is de yaller Chinee. Den, he's not ewl»e to keer whar' you put him to An' hSe'atin' don't cost but a nick.laday; h" hoSe for de jailor Chinee. An' he eats ob a jail! ' Dat he comes ' u ™ a " ro hot l nebber did see An' I's trabbled bw, „ er chinoe. fluch a curiaome cn».P" ' . , , , , _ ' made for de whites an de blacks, Dis country **■ ™»d® sn> dey pays a U da tax; ySu may StakVtat you choose, but do 'sertion is Dat de U orf.cuHud furriner nebber will do; For dar's heap o' tough people fum ober de sea, But de cussedest sort is de yaller Chinee ! When de bumble-bee crawls in de (Urt-dobb»r's hole To warm up hia fingers an' git out de cole, Dot's gwine to be fuss in de family, ilio't An' one ob de critters mus* pack up an' go ; . An'de Chinerman'sgwinc to diskiver rifiht soon • • Dat de rabbit can't lib' in a stump wid de 'coon! } When de woodpecker camps on de morkin'-blrd's 1 nea\ You tell pretty quick which kin tußsle de bea* l ; i Dar's a mighty.good chancp.of a skirmißh ahead • ['Whence spet&leddbg loafs 'round de tomaay-cAts bed;.. j I An' dar's gwine to bo racket wuf waitin to see | | men d« wuto'-manbutU 'fin deyaU«r Chinoe.