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~*~~~*~~*~~ Y; S. V. C. COMMANDANTS ~ ~ (1853 -1941) ~

Capt. Tronson, 2nd Fusiliers, Bengal Major C. J, Holliday 1898-1900 ~ Army 1853 Capt. Brodie Clarke (temporarily) 1900

') Ex-Lieut. T. F. Wade (afterwards Capt. Donald Mackenzie (also Chief Sir Tnomas Wade) 1854 of Police) 1960-1903 ~

Messrs. Neale, Wcbb, Antrobus Lt.-Col. W. ,M. Watson (West R.ding (dates uncertain) ... 1854-1864 Regt.) · 1903-1908

R. C. Antrobus r864-1865 Lt.-Col. A. A. s. Barnes (Wiltshire '> Sir Henry Parkes r865 Regt.) 1908-1913 ~

Sir Edmund Hornby, Knt. r865-1867 Lt.-Col. R. N. Bray (Duke of Known as Rifle Corps: Commandant Wellington's Regt.) 1914-1915 .

not ascertained 1867-1870 Lt.-Col. T. E. Trueman, o.B.E. Capt. & Adjutant General T. Brewer 1870-1874 (S. V. C.) 1915-1920 Major J. Hart ... r874-r879 Col. R. Marr Johnson, c.>~.c., o.s.o. -~ Major J. F. Holliday r8 9-r88r (R.F.A. and General Staff) 1920-1922 •· Captain Barnes Dallas (temporarily) 1881 Major H. w. Pilcher 1923 MCajor CB. J. HoDllildlay 'l ) 18888r-r~882 Col. W. F. L. Gordon, c.M.c., . ,,

apt. arnes a as (temporan y r 2-1 3 c.B.E., n.s.o. ... 192 1928 Major C. J, Holliday r883-r886 3- ~ Capt. Barnes Dallas (temporarily) 1886 Col. H. B. Orpen-Pdlmer, c.M.G., Major G. J. Morrison r886-1891 n.s 0· 192 8-193 1 Major c. J. Holliday r891 _1g92 Col. N. W. B. B. Thorns, o.B.E.,·. · Capt. Brodie Clarke (temporarily) r893 n.s.o., M.c. 1931-1934 ~ Major G. J. Morrison 1394•1896 Col. F. R. W. Graham, n.s.o., M.C. 1934-1937 Capt. Brodie Clarke (temporarily) 1896 (December) Capt. Dcnald Mackenzie (also Chief Col. J, W. Hornby, M.c. 1937-1940· ,, , .

,') of Police) 1896-1897 Lt.-Col. G. H. Mann, M.c. 1940-1941 ... ,,

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Formation of Shanghai Volunteer Corps decided upon by two meetings of representatives from the Three Treaty Powers-Great Britain, the United States and France.

4 April I 854 Battle of Muddy Flats.

I88I .

Corps re-organised into 2 Infantry Companies, each 8o men strong, to assist in defence of Shanghai against attack by Taiping revolutionaries.

Corps engaged against second attack by Taiping Rebels. The Volunteer Mounted Rangers, some twenty strong and formed in r 86 r, augmented the two infantry companies, and were commanded by Captain Borlaise R.N.

Artillery Unit organised.

Volunteer Fire Brigade Service organised. Captain Roberts elected first Chief Engineer of the MIH-HO-LOONG (Fire Eating Devil) HOOK and LADDER Company.

Control of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps handed over to the Council "who shall, through their Chairman, decide upon all questions of organisation, and shall generally control the actions of the Corps." First Rifle Range constructed at · Range Road. The Mih-ho-loong Rifle Company was formed under the command of Captain Ashley. Two I2 pounder muzzle­loading brass howitzers and 500 Schnider rifles were purchased for the Corps which was mobilized to deal with local repercussions from the Tientsin Massacre. Composition of the Corps was now 3 Rifle Companies, Field Artillery Battery and Mounted Rangers. · ·

Ningpo Joss House riots. First S.V.C. Band organised.

A Gatling gun purchased, at Tls 2,2oo, for the Corps.

_C~fps. • r~-modelled. Mounted Ranger Company renamed Light Horse Company. Corps route miltch to Woosung and back.

First annual Corps Inspection.

I 886 · ~. A Battery of four Armstrong 3-inch , rifled breech-loading 9 pounders . ··~.;.presented to the Corps by HB¥ Government.

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Home Guard (Veterans) Company formed. , , Firs( mention of a Drill Hall "It was a matshed of some 40 x ;26 ·yards 'qn the Soochow Creek, well lit with electric light, and well suited for what it was intended".

Yangtsze Riots. The Corps' Gatling gun rendered useless by an accident and replaced by a Nordenfeld machine gun. German Company formed.

I 892 Engineer Company organised. First Portuguese Company formed.

I894/5

I895

I896/7

r8_98

I899.

Sino- Japanese War.

Lee Metford rifles issued to the Corps.

Wheelbarrow riots. New Rifle Range constructed m Paoshan area. Portuguese Coy disbanded.

J oss House riots.

Home Guard (Veterans) Company re-organised into Reserve Company. This Reserve. was augmented by the enrolment of a number of sportsmen armed with fowling pieces and known as the "I2 Bore-Irregulars". Light Horse armed with Lances.

The Boxer Rebellion. New Drill Hall completed and a Volunteers' Club and Gymnasium inaugurated. An American Company temporarily enrolled, and Japanese and Customs Companies formed on a permanent basis. 6 Maxim machine guns loaned to the Carps by H.B.M. Government and attached to the Field Artillery Company. •

Maxim (Machine Gun) Company:formed.

Russo-Japanese War. Fiftieth atmiversary .,of the Battle of Muddy Flats celebrated by a public ball given .by the Corps... . .. · . ·

Mixed Court riot. . American and permanent basis.

Companies formed on a

Chinese Company formeH. ·

Four Is-pounder quick firing guns supplied to Corps by H.B.M. Government ..

· Chinese Revolution.

Second Revolution.

Outb~eak of }<'irst' 'World War. . Austro-Hungarian, Italia~ and Scottish Companies formed. . Cornerstone of present Drill Hall laid on 4th April. A Motor ~ar Company I 8 Cars was added to the Corps.

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Rickshaw, coolie ·strike.

Four 4-5-inch Howitzers, 900 rifles & 20 Lewis guns provided by H.B.M. Government.

Machine Gun Company furnished with 6 Armoured Cars. The S.V.C. Club was formally opened by the Chairman of Council on December I 8, with a membership of some 500 Volunteers.

I 92 3 New Colours presented to the Corps. American Troop formed.

1924 Kiangsu-Chekiang War. "C" Company formed to accommodate Scandinavian, Swiss and Dutch nationals, and furnished with 4 gun battery of mountain guns by H.B.M. Government.

I925 May Day (Nanking Road) Incident. Lungwha Battle. Maritime Company disbanded.

I927 Occupation of Greater Shanghai by Nationalists. Commandant, S.V.C. (Col. Gordon) assumed command of Internal Security Forces comprising the Volunteer Corps and all National Forces other than the Shaforce. Customs Company disbanded. Filipino Platoon attached to American Company. Inauguration of the Russian Volunteer Unit.

I929 Italian Unit disbanded.

1932 Sino-Japanese Hostilities. Transport, Jewish, Philippine, American Machine Gun, Field Reserve, Signals, Interpreter and Air Defence Companies formed. Old Engineer Company disbanded.

I936 Corp Artillery & Howitzer Battery disbanded. Light Battery became a Machine Gun Company.

I937 Sino-Japanese War. Final Mobilization of S.V.C.

I954

S.V.C. took over on permanent duty basis the occupation of "B" Sector when British Forces were withdrawn.

Settlement taken over by Japanese Forces.

Shanghai Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Centenary of S.V.C. celebrated by ex-members 1

of Corps residing in Hongkong. Corps Dinner at Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club on 2nd April I95+ Cricket match between S.V.C. and pre-war Hong Kong Volunteers at Hong Kong Cricket Club Ground on Sunday 4th April I 954-the Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Muddy Flats.

TOASTS

Our Respective Rulers

The Shanghai Volunteer Corps

Absent Friends

Menu

Brodie Clarl<e Mixture (Sgt . .Major Says 'Scotch Broth')

Portuguese P oisson (Sgt. Major says 'Filleted Macao Sole')

Very Defunct Light Horse Filly (Sgt. Major says 'Fillet Steak')

Pommes de Thorns (Sgt. Major says 'Potato 'Balls')

Windy Corner's Winter Fruit (Sgt. Major says 'Frozen 'Peas')

Sweet Little Carlton Girl (Sgt. Major says 'Charlotte Russe ')

Fu-Fu-Fromage (Sgt. Major says 'Choice Cheese'),

· Mih- Ho- Loong Brew (something to put the fire out)

(Sgt. Major says 'Black Coffee')

ROLL OF MEMBERS

Aiers, H. E. Shanghai Light Horse 1921-1922 Chen, Tao Chi Chinese Coy 1928-1930 "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1927-1939 Chow, C. E. Chinese Coy 1915-1920 '7

Anderson, V. H. "B" Coy 1937-1942 1929-1941

Anderson, J. A. S. Scottish Coy 1932-1941 Chow, C. Z. Chinese Coy 16 years

Andrew, J. H. M. Armoured Car Coy 1924-1925 Chu Ken Hsin Chinese Coy 1924-1937 .. Ardy, H. V. S. Scottish Coy 1932-1936 Clark, S. W. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1931-1932

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Aris, H. C. F. Armoured Car Coy 1939-1941 1937-1939

Arnhold, C. H. Shanghai Light Horse 1907-1914 Cleland, H. R. S. Light Horse 1939-1941 ·~

1921-1932 Collaco, G. Portuguese Coy 1935-1942

'<; &. Arnold, A. E. Machine Gun Co. 1925-1926 Conder, J. C. Armoured Car Coy 1933-1939 Shanghai Light Horse 1926-1941 "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1940-1941

Cormack, G. Armoured Car Coy & Bailey, H. P. Armoured Car Coy 1926-1927 Transport Coy 1928-1941

Barkus, R. L. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) Corneck, W. K. Armoured Car Coy & & Armoured Car Coy 1924-1936 "A" Coy 1937-1940

Barton, H. D. M. Costa, A. Portuguese Coy M.B.E, Light Horse 1937-1940

Costa, A. A. da Portuguese Coy Bidwell, H. D. Armoured Car Coy 1933-1936

Costa, P. A. da Portuguese Coy 1919-1942 (!,{ Blackwood, J. A. Scottish Coy 1926-1927

Coxall, P. W. Customs Coy 1919-1923 Bone, T. W. Scottish Coy 1932-1938

Crank, A. H. Armoured Car Coy 1939-1941 Bowler, A. B. Armoured Car Coy 1930-1941

Cumine, Eric Light Horse 1937 Bowling, W. C. Light Horse

Cunning ham. Braga, A. A. Portuguese Coy 1939-1940 s. E., B.E.M, Transport Coy 1937

Braga, A. S. Portuguese Coy 1913-1932

$ Brand, J. K. Light Horse 1910-1914 D'Aquino, H. 0. Portuguese Coy 1928-1942 1924-1941

Darby, W. J. Transport Cvy 1932-1938 · Britto, A. A. de Portuguese Coy 1922-1924

D' Assis, A. A. Signal Coy 1932-1942

Brown, A. E. V. Armoured Car Coy 1939-1940 Dewar, J. G. B., ~ t. E.D. & B!>.R S. Scottish Co. 1922-1938

Brown, H. W. Field Coy (Engineers) 1932-1935 Dik, K. E. Light Horse 1941-1942

Brown, N. A. S. Scottish Coy 1932-1938 Dixon, A. M. "A"Coy (M.H.L.R:fles) 1939-1942

Buchanan, A. M. S. Scottish Coy 1937-1940 Dodd, A. "B" Coy 1913-1915

Bruce, L D. Light Horse 1939 Downie, N. P. S. Scottish Coy 1939-1940

Campbell, K. M. S. Scottish Coy 1935 Drummond, A. Armoured Car Coy 1939-1941

Cantopher, P. G. A., M.B.E. Air Defence Coy 1939-1941 Ellis, A. C. Armoured Car Coy 1923-1928

Carter, W. J. B., M.B,E, Armoured Car Coy 1930-1934 Fabian, H. G.,

• Chandler, T. W. Signals Coy 1932-1941 o.s.c. Light Horse, F.A.B. &

Armoured Car Co. 1926-1940 Chang, T. T. H. Interpreter Coy 11 years Farmer, A. V. Light Horse · 1927,-1929 Chang, T. Y. Chinese Coy 1940-1941

Chant, D. K. Chinese Coy 1917-1937-1941 Fasciato, V.· V. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles)

Chapman, J. W. Armoured Car Coy 1939-1942 . Felgate, R. H. "B" Coy

Chen, 1;-Chung Chinese Coy 1936-1941 Ferras, ManuelA. ·Portuguese Coy

Ferras, Miguel A. Portuguese Coy 1934-1942 Kew, E. C. Field Artillery Battery 1927-1936

Ferras, Mario A. Portuguese Coy 1921-1942 Kew, L. C. Light Horse 1940-1941

Ferreira, M. F. . Portuguese Coy Armoured Car Coy 1933-1940 Kinloch,

Foster, F. W. Light Horse 1912-1920 Sir John, BART S. Scottish Coy 1931-1932

Fox, N. P. Armoured Car Coy 1929-1931 Knight, T. G. C. Light Horse 1938-1939

Fraser, D. R. Light Horse Knightly, F. J. Armoured Car Coy 1938-1941

7 "- Fraser, D. S. M. Transport Coy 1930-1942 1 _...Fretwell, V. V. W. Armoured Car Coy 1927-1932 Lang, S. Philippine Coy 1931-1942

1940-1941 Larsen, J. E. L .• Frewin, R. S. L. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1939-1942 A.F.C. Air Defence Coy 1937-1941

Leach, D. W. Armoured Car Coy 1920-1941

Gabbott, F. R. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) Leitao, M. F. R. Portuguese Coy 1911-1942 ./

Getz, K. M. Light Gun Battery 1930-1940 Li, S. N. Sidney Chinese Coy 1928-1931

. Goldman, L. Armoured Car Coy 1919-1928 Liddell, J. H .• C.B.E, Light Horse 1920-1932

Goldsack, G. S. Light Horse 1928-1933 Logan, H. A. "B" Coy 1936-1942 Air Defence Co. 1933·1937

Armoured Car Coy 1937-1938 Loh, T. Z. Chinese Coy 1936-1941

Gomez, A. F. Portuguese Coy 1916-1933 Lopes, L. F. Portuguese Coy 21 years

Gordon, R. Light Horse 1921-1941 Lum, S. J. Interpreter Coy

Gotfried, M. Transport Coy 1934-1941

Graham, Arnold S. Scottish 1929-1936 Ma, C. C. Chinese Coy 1937-1941

Armoured Car Coy 1937-1941 Macgregor, J. F. Light Horse 1908-1932

Grant, J. S. Scottish 1932-1941 Mack, A. M. Shanghai Scottish Coy 1930-1935

Gutierrez, J. M. -Portuguese Coy MacLennan, D. 0. Scottish Coy 1918-1927

Gutierrez, Macrae, I. M. Shanghai Scottish Coy 1936-1938 Jose M. Portuguese Coy 15 years

McBain, E. B. Light Horse 1916-1918 Gutterres, M. H. Portuguese Coy 1907 1925-1928

1913-1939 1938

McCracken, W.R. Armoured Car Coy & Hart-Baker, N. Armoured Car Coy 1933-1939 S'hai Scottish Coy 1937-1941

Hawke, S, R. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1936-1940 ·McGregor,

Heinzerling, H. E. American Troop 1927-1932 E. W. S. Armoured Car Coy 1939-1940

Hill, A. S. Field Artillery Battery 1920-1932 Marden, G. E .• ~ M.C. Customs Coy,

Hill, C •. L. Armoured Car Coy 1935-1939 "B" ·coy & Hq. 1920-1935

Hope, B. "B" Coy 1923-1941 March, J. E., M.C. & BAR Light Horse 1921-1942

Holgate, H. R. Light Horse 1935-1936 1934~1939 Armoured Car Coy 1922-1924 March, John "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles)

Light Horse 1939-1940 . Howell, H. M.,

"A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1926-1935 .. Marques, B. P. F. Portuguese Coy M.B.E.

Hutchinson, T. H . . American Coy \ 1920-1937 Ma:itl!lnd, H. Light Horse 1921-1942 ~

Marshan, A. Light Horse 1936-1941

Jones, J. R., M.c. Shanghai Light Horse . 1924-1928 ,\ ' ' I\: j'

Ma.rs}?.all, F . Light Horse 1932-1942

Marshall, G. L. Air Defence Coy 1935-1940 Karanjia, S. P. Sigmils Coy \1938-1942 ~;~a~tii·:~.W. M Armoured Car Coy 1931-1941 j !' ~

Transport Coy '· Kermani, P. R. 1935-1942' Light Horse 1922-1925 '' ~?h) l ). ~ \ , ' Martin, T. Addis Kendrew, J. A. E. Armoured Car Coy 1fl31-191.1 ;I . .

' Martino-Kendall, I. H. 1933-1941 .· Marques, E. A. Portuguese Coy 1926-1942 ...

Mason, S. Mears, J. L. Mills, G. M. Moalem, S. J. Mottu, L. A.

Nobbins, A. E.

Norman, W. C.

Machine Gun Coy Signals Coy Armoured Car Coy Armoured Car Coy Light Gun Battery

F.A.B. & Air Defence Coy

"B" Coy

Oliveira, T. G. d' Portuguese Coy

1916-1918 1937-1941 1935-1939 1922-1941 1930-1940

1922-1936 1939-1942

1907 1929-1939

Ong, E. Interpreter Coy 1933 Openshaw, H. S. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1924-1941

.-. I'alfreeman, D. C. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1926-1941 -

I'assos, C. I'enfold, R. G.

Portuguese Coy Air Defence Coy 1933-1941

I'ereira, A. G. Portuguese Coy 14 years I'ereira, I'. I'. Portuguese Coy 1937-1941 Parsons, R. J. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1927-1929

1937-1941

I'ote-Hunt, J. 0. Light Horse

Rae-Smith, W. B., M.c. c. DE c. Light Horse 1939

Ratcliffe, A. H. "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1909-1913

Richards, R. W. N. S. Scottish Robertson, R. H.,

o.B.E., Light Horse.

..: Robinson, H. G. "A" Coy Light Horse

1925-1941

1933-1942 1905-1910 1913-1941

Robinson, F. J. Ross, D. P. Ross, E. G. Rozario, L. A. Rozario, T. C.

Roza, L. V .. da

Armoured Car Coy 1925-1940 Shanghai Scottish Coy 1933-1941

Transport Coy Portuguese Coy Portuguese Coy Portuguese Coy

Senne, L. M. de Portuguese Coy Shekury, C. C. R. Light Horse Shen Han-ting Shen, Z. K.

Chinese Coy Interpreter Coy

Silva, A. A. B. da Portuguese Coy Silva, A. A. G. da Portuguese Coy Silva,.C.A.Bernal Portuguese Coy

1935-1942 1935-1940

1937-1939

1936-1937

1931-1941 1925-1933 1935-1937

3 years 1936-1939 1929-1942 ''

4 year,s· 1927-1933

Spence, H. M. Sperry, H. M. Stericker, J. A.

Light Horse 1911-1941 American Troop 1934-1935 "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1937-1940

Stewart, G. 0. W. Light Horse Stirling, E. M. E. S. Scottish Coy Souza, A. M. M. de Portuguese Coy

1934-1938 1939-1941 1932-1941 1923-1928 1931-1935

Stokes, L. F. Armoured Car Coy

Stone, L~ B.

Stone, W. G.

Sung, C. Y. Sung, Z. K. Sykes, N.

Talan, M., M.B.E.

Templo, J. W.

Tingle, W. E.

Tippin, R. J. Tod, H. H. Tremlett, S. A.

Light Horse 1924-1927

Headquarters, Q.M. Stores 1930-1942

Chinese Coy 10 years Chinese Coy 1916-1928 Air Defence Coy & "A"

Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1938-1941

Jewish Coy Maritime Coy Philippine Coy Cadet Corps Armoured Car Coy Light Horse "A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles)

S. Scottish . Air Defence Coy

1926-1934 1920-1924 1927-1941 1924-1927 1927-1930 1930-1940 1920-1922

1923-1930 1939-1940

Tsoong, Yue-Jng Interpreter Coy

Turner,

11 years

The Hon. M. W. Air Defence Coy

Tweedie, S. S. Scottish

Veltman, A. H. Light Gun Battery

Wang, Ven"-Chien Interpreter Coy

Watts, R. G. . Signal Coy Light Horse Light Horse

1937-1941

1916 1927-1941

1926-1930

7 years

1929-1941 Welch, P, Welch,W. A. Whipps, L. A. White, A. V.

"A" Coy (M.H.L. Rifles) 1939-1941

Wilson, J. K, Wilson, T. W. R.

, \\r~lght,. C. A.

'Yong, T.·o~.·· ' . .,,\ \' \.

Machine Gun Coy 1915-1920 Light Horse 1920-1942 Light Horse

Signal Cos "B" Coy Engineer Coy S. Scottish ·

"A" Coy (M.H.L.'Rifies) Chinese Coy

1905-1907 ... 1907-1913 1914-1916 1920-1942

1926-1930 1932~1937 Silva, C. A. da

Silva, C. A. B. da Silva, E. E. G. da Silva, G. M. da Silva, J. F. da

Portuguese Coy Portuguese Coy Portuguese Coy Portuguese Coy Portuguese Coy

1929-1941• , ;,Xavier, A.'F. Portuguese Coy / !, I ~ I, . ! ; ' )

1932-1938

1936-1938 1936-1942

Silvey, W. J. Smart, G .. D. Sparke, John

Signals Coy Light Horse Light Horse

1~27-1935 Xavier, Jose C. Portuguese Coy 1922-1923 Xavier, V./A> ;; .< Portuguese Coy 1932_,:1'936> _.,)~. ; ,;;·;/' .. ·.,,,''/ ;; · !

1937-1941 '•' ·• <Xouni,'1fred.

1928-1936 !,• f, ' •' ,,

1933-1941

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THE BATTLE

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Let us sini of that old city in the North we knew so well Where to sing and love and laugh we used tq dwell

.. from ,the Seven Seas foregathered to the Bund·and Bubbling ' Whim the magic of that city cast its spell. . . ; · · .

Yes,-the magic of that city in the North we loved 'so:well With her songs and lovers, friends and laughter' blest ,· ·. · ·we will sing of our old Shanghai while voice iind ·life shal( Then we'll pass and be forgotten wi~h the rest.. . We're poor little lambs who have lost our u:a:V .

·. ;, Ah'- Ya-Ahya! ~ .. :~·: We' re little black sheep who have. gone. astray

" Ah - Y a - Ahya! ·· - · Old. China Songsters thrown to the:, sea ·· Drifting from here to Eternity . .. ·, •· Lord! Have mercy on such as w~: ·

AhJ.l ~ Ahya - Ahya!

Well

last

L~t us sing of that old Tavern, where dark Louis usedto dwell . Where the Olias,:and the Sonyas cast their spell . .\, ·.·l>.,

· Of Whitey Smith, Bo. Diddley, and the little Carlton girl'" ~ .·'· O(Jo'e- Farren,.(x'nd his own sweet Russky Nell. . . :·. ::. ·

· ,. Yes, when Weatherford's soft magic charmed· our -hear~s an{l; feet at will .

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When we.danceP, from~·dusk to dawn with happy zest'(~':t.;::,::· :c.:· From the: Plaza· to the Venus, from Del Monte to t:ov'e}~•J;;'(J.ne·;;:, · ·Where: we found our peace. at last on Maisie's breast. •.::~>;.~,_~:'dt.,i~·· ·. -: . . ·.·. .. . • . ..... , c:,r Wilre poor little)ambs U'ho have! lost our way .. :~~;;~';~;•,t:.

were zUtle bt~!he¥. who l~~tgon~ \~~\! ~~;~~~f)i' ·. We've loved all the ladies through ~hick a:nd·;:tbrpugh}tb-Ln..:;-::~·.;:.~:fl;)\ ...

From the Palais de Flop to the old >Tumble~lnn:;':,;f}::{sY:-t~ · -~o_·:,,.c And the. Bucket of Blood was just'brimful of)S"' ::;Jt;,; ~-:•

Ah Ah Ah. r -~···~·n·. ,,,, .... " ya- ya - ·. ya. •;:._,.';·. ;::.;~><·

. . . : ·: .'. ·,~;~(;'-·,·;:.'('f,,,.':~;i;D9~ _,:'f~~ To the legion. of the past ones, to our comt~~?s.··~8ffiuji}(.the:jt}rifars. To our b?·other s in their exile ne~r ,and f.ar:'·: ;.: ;. i<~ ~ ;:~;:/:'~~~"":. : ·· ' <:, ;; . ·

'pings the last hard· dying rem~wnt· of thosg0Shang'hai,·Ya1untee~ .. ·\ _... .. · ~ho held the old mua fort in.·'P.ea9,e:<tr4 :'*!fri:~~:rf~£:.:.,:~,K~i&:, \.,;. -~.:,t . · .. ;:We're· Yanks and Scots and lfo#efiieh;i· ~pe:r~:~·Gunner'£-fliJd.·Ttg#~;Horsemen

·· · We're a few of all that went i~nt'O.~ th'it:Cqr.pj\· ·~·:. .. :,:-·· • '.~::,-.-.:. '-~~: , ::-:; . · · We're all that's left that.mat~~y$. o.f..,~h6s~1¥j.~.k~~~d M,uda){.F~a,t_~e;;_f.: - .. ::·.Who marched the Malqos l~gth m·',?4.< ':~~;!:, c-.-.. : · .J .~{::,,, ~ ·

· We're p~or little lambS. ,,;;hif::have:ldst. oiif_iV~'Y. ,, ·~:·· ,·'/ ·AFY'F .. · . · Ah- Ya~--'-''Ahya! · · . · ~;::,-:\, . . ii~-~- ,<'. ,.,t ...

t:.: Wf!'re little black sheep who h.av.e ~one q.st;ay'\'}i:':'· ::'//~.-~{f .. ~~:"' · >;~'·t{~.l;:<:. q\h.,-;::-. Ya ~4., A..~Y9;[~·.r· .··. : .. .- •. ·.·. ·. ~ ::,~;· ~~,:;~~: ··~ . · So··'gooi:lbye'to the Maloo, the··'Bund ·and· the r.est,·:r:, ,· - ,. ·.

Goodbye, Chiha Pony,'''we:Ve ·&iiJenf yoii bestr' '_<;f:?~ The Rubicon's past and w~re all· heading.,West;_,(·.!

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