The initial reason why this song interested me was that line


I recognized goomba as being the same as the African/Caribbean word gumbe, goombah, goombay. But it seems from that Wikipedia page that there are different etymologies for these words and the Italian "goombah". Btw, what does the Italian word compare mean?

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In addition to the word "goomba", I was interested in the possibility that the title "Chibaba, Chibaba, Chiwawa" and the word "chihuaha"; "an' chi-lawa" -regardless how it is spelled-may have been the source for the phrase "Ooh she she wah wah" that is part of a children's handclap rhyme called "Ronald McDonald" that I've collected from Pittsburgh, PA area and Cleveland, Ohio {mid 1970s; and mid to late 1980s}. The "relevant?" lines are:

"Ronald McDonald
loves ah hamburger
Ooh she she wah wah
ah hamburger"

-snip-

The 1976 version of that rhyme has that "nonsense phrase" as:

"Ronald McDonald
was ah hamburger
Ooh! Wishie Washie
Ah hamburger"

-snip-

"Ronald McDonald" refers to the clown character who promotes and represents "McDonalds" fast food restaurants in many of that restaurant chain' commercials.

Of course, the line in the Ronald McDonald rhyme may have nothing at all to do with that "Chibaba, Chibaba, Chiwawa" song. Kids could have made that line up all by themselves, or they could have lifted it from other rhymes and songs. However, there's a possibility-no matter how remote-that there really is a connection between that song and that rhyme.