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GUEST,Eithne Reid Mulhall
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Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
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RE: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
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29 Jan 20
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I understand that this song is not politically correct. It appears in it's various forms to be pretty widespread internationally. My version comes from my great aunt who was born 1888 in Ireland. I am pretty sure she never met anybody from China and it was just a rhyme like some of the other nonsensical songs and rhymes they used to pass the time with. I have no other agenda than to record my family's version. In China lived a certain man His name was Chickory Chi Chang Yang His legs were long and his feet were small And the Chinaman could not walk at all Chicory Chi Chalu Chalang Tari Uri Igibana Bunaba Disti Canti Kay Chinipa Ponika Chinea They hired two men to carry him about They turned out to be rather stout They carried him up to the top of a hill And rolled him down......... That is all I remember.
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