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Thread #48703   Message #2712913
Posted By: GUEST
31-Aug-09 - 11:06 AM
Thread Name: Origins: In Chinaland there lived a great man
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Chinaland there lived a great man
What I remember from this song my grandfather sang to me and his father sang to him:

In Chinatown there lived a man,
his name was Chickaly chickaly chan
his feet were long and his toes were short
and this is the way the chinamen talk

Chorus

this man he did die and in his coffin he did lie,
they sent him back to old Japan and this is how his
epitaph ran..

chorus

Chickaly chee, cha lie cha low,
chilly aromeo, in a bananago, wallago wallago
chenasee, in a bananago wochio

I know the spelling is not correct and also there were to more verses