. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. ARTEMU8 WARD. 41. The night I was there a Chinese comic vocalist sang a Chinese comicsong. It took him six weeks to finish it — but as my time was limited Iwent away at the expiration of 215 verses. There were 11,000 verses to this song—the chorus being Tural lural dural, ri fol day which was repeated twice at the end of each verse- making—as you will at once see — the appalling number of 32,000 tural lural dural, ri foldays and the man still lives.

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