dad sang us this song handed down to his family from the ballarat goldfields

there once was a jolly little chinaman
with a nid nod nid nod nid
youve never seen such a little chinaman
with a nid nod nid nod nid,

down to the woodshed he went one day ,went one day,went one day
to gather little sticks together so , so
just to gather little sticks together so
and his dear little wife she would say oh!
with a nid nod nid nid nod nid nod nid nod nid nid nod nid nid

ha! ha! a diddly ha!ha! ha! with a nid nod nid nod nid