Excerpt from An Entirely New and Original Japanese Opera in Two Acts, Entitled, the Mikado, or the Town of TitupuA wandering minstrel I A thing of shiais and patches, Of ballads, songs and snatches, And dreamy lullaby! My catalogue is long, Through every passion raging, And to your humours changing I tune my supple song! Are you in sentimental mood? I'll sigh with you, Oh, sorrow, sorrow! On maiden's coldness do you brood? I'll do so, too Oh, sorrow, sorrow! I'll charm your willing ears With songs of lovers' fears, While sympathetic tears My cheeks bedew Oh, sorrow, sorrow!' But If patriotic sentiment is wanted, I've patriotic ballads cut and dried, For where'er our country's banner may be planted, All other local banners are defied!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.