. St. Nicholas [serial]. NCE on a time, so the ballad is sung,Two Chinamen, known as Y\ un Lung and Lung Chung,Lived happy and free where the temple bells rangOn the beautiful banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang. (Are they beautiful banks? Ive not traveled so far,But, to fit with my lay, we 11 assume that they are,For I ve built my refrain, with its far-eastern tang,On The beautiful banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang.) Wun Lung and Lung Chung were both handsome and young,In fact, said the people they mingled among,These two are undoubtedly stars of our gangOn the beautiful banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang! But ah

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. St. Nicholas [serial]. NCE on a time, so the ballad is sung,Two Chinamen, known as Y\ un Lung and Lung Chung,Lived happy and free where the temple bells rangOn the beautiful banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang. (Are they beautiful banks? Ive not traveled so far,But, to fit with my lay, we 11 assume that they are,For I ve built my refrain, with its far-eastern tang,On The beautiful banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang.) Wun Lung and Lung Chung were both handsome and young,In fact, said the people they mingled among,These two are undoubtedly stars of our gangOn the beautiful banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang! But ah, when these model young men came to viewThe shy, tender grace of the maiden, Ah Chu,Their friendship blew up with a terrible bangOn the beautiful banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang. 912

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