'Er petticoat was yaller

''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 an 'eathen idol's foot:'

'Rudyard Kipling, from Mandalay.