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Thread #89534   Message #1692738
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
13-Mar-06 - 11:00 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Chink a Boo Man
Subject: RE: Origins: Chink a Boo Man
"Ching" songs have been around at least since the Gold Rush days.
Some previous threads:
In Chinaland...- 48703 Chinaland
Ching Chong Chinaman song- 71726 Ching Chong

Oh! I'se So Wicked! - 82184. A Topsy song from "Uncle Tom's Cabin, using lines with Ching a ring. So Wicked
Based on the early minstrel song; the Chinese songs came with the gold rush and, later, the railroad.

These probably also in Mudcat, but haven't checked.
Ching Chow Chung- In American Memory
Ching a ling a loo- In American Memory. As children we had a variant on this one, about a Chinese laundryman. Too long ago to remember the words.

Many western towns had a Chinese who broke away from the Chinatowns and set up a business, often a restaurant, a bath house or a laundry. In many cases it was a lonely life for him, or, if he had one, his family.