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Thread #6971 Message #2353846
Posted By: GUEST,Stacey Charlesworth
31-May-08 - 03:50 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
Anyone know this version?
Can't quite get my head around all this!!! Was Googling the lyrics, attempting to impress my mother with the wonders of the internet - it worked big time...thoght I think she thinks there is still a correct version, hers!
She's 82,from Cheshire, England and was taught it by her mother, passed it on to me, and my sister, who has taught it to her granddaughter, 2 and a half.
Once there was a great big man
His name was Chickaracca Chee Chi Chum
His legs were long and his feet were small
This Chinaman couldn't walk at all
Chicka Racka Chee Chi I Conka Lorum
Conka Lorum Packa Wacka Whack
His servants used to carry him about
Upon their backs
The men did shout
Chicka Racka Chee Chi I Conka Lorum
Conka Lorum Packa Wacka Whack
They took him to the top of a hill
And rolled him down like a rolling pin
Chicka Racka Chee Chi I Conka Lorum
Conka Lorum Packa Wacka Whack
Oko Poko Itty Pitty Cotty Pie
Itty Pie Cotty Pie Co in Choo