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Tune: The Minstrel Boy Source: . Sydney Punch - April 1881 SITE SOURCE: Characters and Eccentrics Note: The song makes mention of 'Johns' and this was a general slang term for Chinese. Mr Quong TartMr Quong Tart,Has made a start, In the flowery land you will find him; He's left Braidwood, But not for good, He'll return with others behind him. Land of gold, Cries the Chinese bold, Though all the world should fail you; The celestial race Having found the place, Will never cease to hail you. Quong Tart is gone, But his friends come on, A welcome from us ignoring: Brothers and cousins, Johns by the dozens. Into the city are pouring. |