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Thread #107270   Message #3252083
Posted By: GUEST,Bev McBride
07-Nov-11 - 11:42 AM
Thread Name: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
Subject: RE: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
We had a version of this song which has passed through the generations...we wanted to research tongue twisters for a project that my son is doing and I am amazed at all the versions I have found on this site.

In China there lived a Chinaman, his name was chickaracka-chee-chan-chan.
His feet were long and his legs were small and the poor little man couldn't walk at all.
So they took him up to the top of a hill
And they rolled him down like a rolling pin.
With a....
Chicka-racka-chee-chan-chor-chickalorum, pongo-lorum,many-pee-cat,
Cat go to go etty-ketty-catty-go, aye Japan Chinaman, chinese coo.

Would love to know the origins of this if anyone has a clue!!