Lays of Ind. By Aliph Cheem1879 |
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Abboo Adelaide Brown Aden Aliph Cheem Anglo-Indian ayah Bengal Bengal Presidency Blacktown Bluster Bombay bungalow Captain Cardozo cheek cheroots chit Christmas Christmas Day cloth Colonel Colonel White Cornet corps course cried Cunnington dear dinner Doctor doubt eyes face fancy Fcap gave gharry girl give grew Gussy hair hand head heard heart Horse Shou Pinne India Indra Jinks joke jungle Khansámah kissed knew lady land laugh Lays of Ind loafer looked Lord Madras master Moonshee morning native nautch never night nuckuls o'er Pearl perhaps Perim Phlaime Pill played pray punkah reckon night rest Reverend rose round Rudge rupees Sa'ib scarce Sepoys smile Sniggles sorrow soul stare Station stood sweet swore tell Telugu There's thing thought tiger told took Twas Vizier wife wondered
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Seite 245 - Lays ' are not only Anglo-Indian in origin, but out-and-out Anglo-Indian in subject and colour. To one who knows something of life at an Indian ' station ' they will be especially amusing. Their exuberant fun at the same time may well attract the attention of the ill-defined individual known as
Seite 244 - ... hearts and cheered the lonely hours of many an Anglo-Indian, the pictures being chiefly those of Indian life. There is no mistaking the humour, and at times, indeed, the fun is both 'fast and furious.' Many portions remind us of the ' Bab Ballads.' One can readily imagine the merriment created round the camp fire by the recitation of ' The Two Thumpers,
Seite 244 - This is a remarkably bright little book. ' Aliph Cheem,' supposed to be the nom de plume of an officer in the 18th Hussars, is, after his fashion, an Indian Bon Gaultier. In a few of the poems the jokes, turning on local names and customs, are somewhat esoteric ; but taken throughout, the verses are characterised by high animal spirits, great cleverness, and most excellent fooling.
Seite 245 - Satire of the most amusing and inoffensive kind, humour the most genuine, and pathos the most touching pervade these ' Lays of Ind.' . . . From Indian friends we have heard of the popularity these ' Lays ' have obtained in the land where they were written, and we predict for them a popularity equally great at home.
Seite 246 - The author, although assuming a nom de plume, is recognized as a distinguished cavalry officer, possessed of a vivid imagination and a sense of humour amounting sometimes to rollicking and contagious fun. Many of his ' Lays ' suggest recollections of some of the best pieces in the ' Ingoldsby Legends,' or in the ' Biglow Papers ' of Russell Lowell, while revealing a character of their own.