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Thread #107270   Message #3680813
Posted By: GUEST,Guest21
28-Nov-14 - 03:21 PM
Thread Name: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
Subject: RE: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
I knew a rather different version from my great uncle.
We used to do pat-a-cake to it:

Chaka-racka-choo-chine chang-alang-alora
chang-alang-alora, olla-polla wax
oker toker - hit 'im with the poker - itchy coo, itchy coo - cider!

This old man he went to sea, to see the sights of Alpeny.
He got drunk, and so you see, that was the end of the poor Chinee!

Chaka-racka-choo-chine chang-alang-alora
chang-alang-alora, olla-polla wax
oker toker - hit 'im with the poker - itchy coo, itchy coo - cider!