Of what it can mean when a fellow named Hong

And one Ting (Lord High Admiral!) go it ding-dong!

A Nelson whose nomen is Whang

To me, I admit's, inconceivable.

And war between Wo-Hung and Ching-a-Ring Chang,

Sounds funny, but quite unbelievable.

And can you conceive Maxim bullets a-sing

Round a saffron-hued hero called Pong, or Ping-Wing?

A ship called Kow-Shing, I am sure,

Can be only a warship pour rire.