"I'LL SMASH THE HEAD OF THAT GOOSE JENKINS, OF THE REVENUE SURVEY."

THE
CHUTNEY LYRICS

A
COLLECTION
OF
COMIC PIECES IN VERSE,
ON
INDIAN SUBJECTS.

SECOND EDITION (REPRINT.)

Madras:
HIGGINBOTHAM AND CO.,
By appointment in India to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
1889.

MADRAS:
PRINTED BY HIGGINBOTHAM AND CO.,
1/164, 2/164 & 165, MOUNT ROAD.

PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.

Mr. R. C. Caldwell, the lamented author of thesehumourous papers, was the eldest son of Dr. Caldwell,the great Missionary Bishop of Tinnevelly. He wasoriginally intended for the Ministry, and went througha course of Theological study at St. Augustine'sCollege, Canterbury. After passing out of College, hereturned to India and worked zealously and assiduouslyin the Mission field in Trichinopoly and Tanjore.For some reasons, perhaps known to himself alone,Mr. Caldwell did not take Orders but elected tobecome a journalist as being more congenial to histastes. Mr. Caldwell was known in England as afrequent contributor to the English Journals,—theLondon Daily News, the Athenæum, the ContemporaryReview, the Illustrated London News andeven Punch. Some Ballads and Songs he had thenwritten were set to music by one of the most popularcomposers of the day and produced on the stage.His "Chutney Lyrics"—some twelve of which wereoriginally contributed to the Madras Athenæum andDaily News,—first prominently brought him to noticein India. On leaving the Mission Mr. Caldwell tookup for a short time the co-editorship of the MadrasTimes and then transferred his services to theAthenæum and Daily News of which he was for ashort period sole editor. He conducted the latterjournal most successfully, but the general complaintagainst him was too much personality in his writings.His weekly "Chit Chat" gave offence to not a few,though all willingly conceded that these papersafforded much amusement and effected considerablegood in exposing many of the evils that then existedin Madras. Mr. Caldwell was subsequently employedby the Newspaper press of the Bombay and BengalPresidencies and by the wit and humour of hiswritings gained extensive popularity. He died inharness in April or May 1878.

We reproduce "Chutney Lyrics" with the eightother comic pieces published in 1871 as theirpopularity has not diminished and they are frequentlyenquired for. We trust that this present edition willmeet with a renewal of the favor so readily accordedto the previous edition.

H. & CO.
October, 1889.

PREFACE.

    My Book, adieu!
    Good luck to you!
Sail forth. May you be fated
    Unscath'd to ride
    O'er every tide,—
With merry ditties freighted.
    May fav'ring gales
    Swell out your sails,
And bear you on your mission
    To reach at last—
    All dangers past—
Your port—a New Edition!

    O mighty Mail
    Lay by your flail,
That all Madras quakes under!
    O Times, do thou
    Unbend thy brow,
And lay aside t