supi-yaw-lat

"'Er petticoat was yaller, an' 'er little cap was green. An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen, An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot. An' a-wastin' Christian kisses on a 'eathen idol's foot." They are all there in Rangoon yet the gorgeous coloring of the lady's raiment, her cheroots, and the heathen idols "Bloomin' idol made o' mud.

Clarence Hamilton Poe - Where Half The World Is Waking Up : The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions

But one need not go far to find the Burmese girl Kipling has immortalized: "'Er petticoat was yaller and 'er little cap was green, An er name was Supi-yaw-lat jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen An' I seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot. An' a wastin' Christian kisses on a 'eathen idol's foot'" But let us get back to Benares and its pilgrims.

Clarence Hamilton Poe - Where Half The World Is Waking Up : The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions

''Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green, An' er name was Supi-yaw-lat, jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen. Is it possible to say anything prettier for yellow than that? My Dear Sir, I agree with every word you say. You have my entire sympathy. The world is indeed hard, hard to the sad particularly hard to the unsuccessful. A sure five hundred a year covers a multitude of sorrows.

Richard Le Gallienne - Prose Fancies (Second Series)