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Scmi-c/ion/s A. — 



The bamboo of itself has taken root, 

 At Tsarong, of itself, like the hills ; 



Its branches skyward shoot : 

 The earth has fertile grown, 



The land a gem. 



Seiiii-ciwrus />'. repeats id. 



Semi-chorus A. — 



The grape-\ine of itself has taken root, 

 111 the land of the Mosso, like the hills ; 



Its branches bend with fruit : 



In the jewel of all gems. 

 The Mosso land. 



Seini-ciiorus B. repeats id. 



Another — 



In a rich valley a golden kieutigne rose ; 

 Of colours five the cone. 

 There came a rain 



For years, one, two, and three ; — 

 .And the colours of its dome were gone. 



In a rich valley a silver kieutigne rose ; 



( )f colours five the cone. 

 There came a rain 



For years, one, two, and three : — 

 .\nd the colours of its dome were gone. 



In a rich \alley a marble kieutigne rose: 



Of colours five the cone. 

 There came a rain 



For years, one, two, and three : — 

 And the colours of its dome were gone. 



The kieutione is a huildin"- in the nature of a dobano- or 

 religious monument, often passed upon the roads of Thibet, but 

 more lofty and of better construction. The moral of the song is 

 the old one, tcnipiis edax rcruni. 



One could sro on collecting these dance chants to almost anv 

 length. They are of every kind, patriotic as well as erotic. .Most 

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