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Thread #6971   Message #3905055
Posted By: GUEST
11-Feb-18 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
In China once there lived a great man
his name was Chickarraka chee chi chang
his legs were long and his feet were small
hat poor man couldn't walk at all

cheeee chikarraka chee chi cho
chickalorum on my orum inny vidneys got to go
ishy kishy co
inny vi china man

the servants used to carry him around
on their backs while the folks used to shout
here he comes and their he goes
the China man with a monkey nose

cheeee chikarraka chee chi cho
chickalorum on my orum
inny vidneys got to go
ishy kishy co
inny vi China man.

(as I remember it being sung by my sister in the sixties)