There’s a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu, There’s a little marble cross below the town, There’s a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.
J. Milton Hayes Quotes
I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
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| Birth: | 1884 |
| Death: | 1940 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Actor, Poet |
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J. Milton Hayes was born in Chorlton, Manchester, England. He was an English actor and poet, best known for his 1911 dramatic monologue The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God, much parodied by his contemporary Stanley Holloway and later by The Goon Show. He also wrote and performed many other monologues.
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