This is the way I grew up knowing the song from my mother, but I'm not supposed to sing it for my grandchildren because it's so racist: Oh, in China once there lived a man His name was Chickety Chickety Chan His nose was lont and his feet were short And this is the way the poor Chianman talked: Oh, oh Chicka Cha-lee Cha-lie Cha-low Checka la romi in a banana ga Walla ga walla ga Can't you see? In a bananaga wow chee ow This old Chinaman had plenty of wealth He lived in a mansion all by himself The neighbors next door They bought him a boat And in it they set the poor Chinaman afloat Chorus This old Chinaman was doomed to die And in his coffin he did lie They sent the coffin to Japan And that was the end of the Chinaman! Chorus I would love to know more verses And in they set the poor Chinaman
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