When I was a little girl...mother sang this song to us and her mother sang it to her and her grandmother sang it to her mother. I would very much like to know where the song came from and possibly how old it really is. Lyrics: CHINK A BOO MAN When I was just a little bitty fella Just about so high My momma use to tell me a story bout a big bold bad man in the sky One night when all the shadows were a creeping and the howling wind went around so loudly blew I sat down by her knee and then she said to me here's the story bout the Chink a Boo Chorus: He's got great big shiny eyes He's got a great big mouth this size He walks like this and like that He eats up little children both lean and fat So run, run, run just as fast as you can And hide yourself away from the Chink a Boo Man One night when I was walking cross the meadow Just about a mile from home It was then I heard a rustling in the bushes Then I heard a low, low moan I ran into my Mammy's house a flyin I ran that mile in nothin honest true And when I reached that door To Mammy I did roar MAW! I saw the Chink a Boo Repeat Chorus I have sung this to my children and my grandchildren and they as I did as a child, love it. I just finished singing it to my granddaughter on the phone who is a thousand miles away from me and she asks every time I talk to her to sing it.
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