The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89534 Message #350987
Posted By: durham
04-Dec-00 - 06:11 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Chink a Boo Man
Subject: ADD 'Chink-a-boo Man'
Hope someone can help with this song. Mother sang it her 5 children and it was sung to her by her mother. Any help appreciated.
Cindy
CHINK-A-BOO MAN
When I was just a little bitty fella
just about so high
My momma use to tell me story
bout a big bold bad man in the sky
She said at night when all the shadows were a creeping
and the howling wind around so loudly blew
I'd sit down by her knee
and then she said to me
here's the story bout the Chink-a-boo
Chorus:
He's got great big shiny eye's
He's got a great big mouth this size
He walks like this and like that
He eats up little children both lean and fat
So run, run, run just as fast as you can
and hide yourself away from the Chink-a-boo man
One night when I was walkin cross the meadow
just about a mile from home
it was then I heard a rustling in the bushes
then I heard a low, low moan
I ran into my mammy's house a flyin
I ran that mile in nothing honest true
and when I reached the door, to mammy I did roar
MAW! I saw the Chink-a-boo
Repeat Chorus