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Thread #107270 Message #3351620
Posted By: GUEST,Grandma's Girl
16-May-12 - 11:10 AM
Thread Name: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
Subject: RE: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
This is how my Grandma used to sing it to me...
There lived in China a very fine man His name was chee karaka cheek you can his legs were fat and his feet were small The chinese man he couldn't walk at all. Chee karaka, chee karaka, cheek you can Cupa laura, cupa laura was a very fine man. Banga, hoola, izzy kizzy kizzy was a chinese moon.
She was a lovely kind and gentle person and no racist comment was every intended. It was a fun tongue twister - plain and simple.