BURMESE CHFS?.
(Fr;m the Fa-kirk Herald.) There was a .young man of Rangoon, j | Who made ffiends with an s^ed baboon, Who said, " You must know j I was born long ago, i ; And must ]eave^*-yon, my eoch, very soon." j ! This aged baboon of 'Kargoon i Played chass by th,e light of tho mccn ; Hia ck:>ss was "Burmese, , Which is said-- much to- please All wha try it as played at Rangoon. This aged baboon of Rangoon , CouJd play it fidm midnight to noonj His chess was Burmese, Arrd so .wer« his fleas — Both large of their kind in Rangoon. This aged and chessic baboon Checkmated that man of Rangoon : In the game of that land, You jimat quite understand. Over here 'twould be quite a fresh .tine 'Twas for mii 3 that they played at ihe .game, ; And the result it -was always the ssine . ; The monkey was winner, Ar.d bed 'era for dinner, And the Scotsman — I know not h[s name — Said, " To the Herald of Falkirk l'll wiite, Describing the mode of th:<" fight." Which he <{id, in good style, And after a while Nearly all thai he wrote I found right.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2848, 14 October 1908, Page 67
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196BURMESE CHFS?. Otago Witness, Issue 2848, 14 October 1908, Page 67
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