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Thread #107270   Message #4103669
Posted By: GUEST
27-Apr-21 - 05:17 AM
Thread Name: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
Subject: RE: Song Req: 'There was China Man...'
My mother's version (she was born in 1914) went something like this:

Pinganinganoonaa chinerackachee,
Pinganinganoonaa inkaatee
With an inkaatankaa (and here my memory fails me)
The Chinaman with a monkey's nose.

It took three robbers (or maybe robins) to carry him off
Behind the backs the boys did shout
Here he comes and there he goes,
The Chinaman with a monkey's nose.