My First Love.

Tiger Lily, the Mandarin's daughter in the Rupert Bear books I was so fond of as a kid. We used to meet once a year on Christmas morning. 

 

I knew a little beauty once, 

Her name was Tiger Lil'.  

I asked her if she'd marry me;  

She said 'Of course I will.' 

 

But then her dad the Mandarin  

Came striding up one day,  

And took her back to China  

Which is very far away.

 

And so I never saw her more,  

My pretty Chinese lass.  

And all because her father was  

A right pain in the ass.