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Thread #107270 Message #3111390
Posted By: GUEST,Mtm
10-Mar-11 - 08:54 PM
Thread Name: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
Subject: RE: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
I would really love to know the origin of this song too. Again, to me it was a silly weird song my mother used to sing back in the 60's and 70's when my sister and I were very young. Our version very similar.
In China once there lived a man, His name was Chik-a-lee Chik-a-lee Chan His feet were long and his toes were short, And this is the way the Chinaman talked...
Ohhhhhh.... Chik - a - lee lee Chi Lie Chi Low, Chik - a - la Romeo ena banana, Koa - la, Koa - la Ka Chant A Geese Enabanana go ouch e-owww.
The Chinaman, he had plenty of wealth, He lived in a mansion all by himself, His neighbors next door, they bought him a boat, And sent the poor Chinaman afloat.
Ohhhhhh.... Chik - a - lee lee Chi Lie Chi Low, Chik - a - la Romeo ena banana, Koa - la, Koa - la Ka Chant A Geese Enabanana go ouch e-owww.
The Chinaman, oh he did die, And in his coffin he did lie, They sent his body to Japan, And that was the end of the Chinaman!
Ohhhhhh.... Chik - a - lee lee Chi Lie Chi Low, Chik - a - la Romeo ena banana, Koa - la, Koa - la Ka Chant A Geese Enabanana go ouch e-owww.