I just read a version of the song "Once in China there lived a great man" in this Mudcat thread with that name:

thread.cfm?threadid=6971&messages=34

Check out the first verse and the chorus of an old version of that song:

CHINGERY CHAN
1.
In China there lived a little man,
His name was Chingery-ri-chan-chan;
His feet were large and his head was small,
And this little man had no brains at all.

Chorus:
Chingery-rico-rico-day,
Ekel-tekel. Happy man!
Kuan-a-desco-canty-o,
Gallopy-wallopy-china-go.

...

[From the section on Songs of Amherst (E. C. Brayton), p. 178-179. No author cited.
H. R. Waite, Coll. and Ed., 1868, "Carmina Collegensia: A Complete Collection of the Songs of the American Colleges, with Piano-Forte Accompaniment. To Which Is Added a Compendium of College History." Oliver Ditson & Co. New York:-C. H. Ditson & Co. ]


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Could "Chingary Chan" be the source {or a source} for the Stella Ella Ola handclap rhyme {and handclap related rhymes]??!

If so, maybe my theory of a Spanish origin for "Stella Ella Ola" is wrong.