Transcript Two little birdies flying high a little vessel passing by a weeping willow hanging o'er a bridge with three men, if not four. a.

Two little birdies flying high
a little vessel passing by
a weeping willow hanging o'er
a bridge with three men, if not four.
a Chinese castle there it stands
as if the Lord of many lands,
a tree with many apples on,
and a fence at the bottom to end my song.
Once upon a time,
there was a rich
Mandarin who had a
beautiful daughter
called Knoon-she. They
lived in a big house
where there worked a
secretary called Chang.
Knoon-she and Chang
fell in love but kept their
relationship secret as
her father would never
allow it.
Then one day her father
introduced her to the man
whom he had arranged for
her to marry. She obviously
objected and told her father
about her love for Chang.
“You will not marry a
secretary!” He shouted.
“I will!” She yelled back.
She stormed out and met
Chang. They planned to run
away so they could be
together for real.
Her father, being a
horribly cruel man,
locked her away in a
tower and threw away
the key. She stayed in
the tower for days
waiting for someone to
rescue her. Then,
when she wasn’t
expecting it Chang
climbed through the
window and they
escaped.
They ran away but they
didn’t get the quiet
escape they had hoped
for. As they were running
her father followed them
with a whip while she
carried a pearl encrusted
jewellery box. They ran
until they eventually lost
their father. They caught a
boat and sailed over to a
small, unknown island
where they found a house
and they settled down.
What they didn’t know was
that the father had ordered
his guard to follow them.
The guard did just that and
while they were sleeping he
set fire to the house.
Knoon-shee and Change
perished in the ashes. As
the house burnt down, two
doves rose from the ashes
of the lovers.