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I may be here permitted to give at full length a 

 parody written at the time of this emeute, and pub- 

 lished in the Trinidad Chronicle. It gives an amus- 

 ing, but at the same time truthful, description of 

 what occurred : — 



A LAY OF CANBOULAY. * 



Brave Baker of the t6 bobbies " 



By the " tarnal gods " he swore 

 That the people of old Port-of-Spain 



Should masquerade no more. 

 By the <f tarnal gods " he swore it 



Then thought of Canboulay ; 

 And bade his trusty followers 



Be ready, * ' come what may. ' ? 



East and west and north and south 



His messengers ride fast 

 To summon all the (i bobbies " forth 



At the sound of trumpet blast. 

 Shame on the false policeman 



Who lingers at the call, 

 Since their brave leader thus hath sworn 



To make the flambeaux fall. 



Forth from the hills of Belmont 



Where scowls the far-famed hold 

 Of ancient masqueraders 



And band of rioters bold, 

 Where sweet Dry Eiver wanders 



Through slums and dunes of sand 

 Came forth the dusky warriors — 



An armed and noisy band. 



Then from the Barracks' tower 



Could the ' i wary bobbies ' 9 spy 

 The lines of flaming flambeaux 



Eed in the midnight sky. 

 Just then a scout came flying, 



All wild with haste and fear 

 "To arms ! to arms ! " said Baker 



By the 1 * tarnal gods ' 9 they 're here. 9 9 



* This was the popular name given to the " Cannes Bruise." 



