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Thread #98174   Message #1940940
Posted By: Azizi
18-Jan-07 - 04:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Crazy Old Man From China
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Crazy Old Man From China
I posted my childhood memory of a song "The Little Bald headed Chinese in this Mudcat thread: thread.cfm?threadid=73889 Songs your parents didn't allow :

My mother she told me to open the door.
The little bald headed Chinese nese nese.
I opened the door.
He fell on the floor.
The little baldheaded Chinese nese nese.

My mother she told me to get him a drink.
The little bald headed Chinese nese nese.
I gave him a drink.
He peed in the sink.
The little bald headed Chinese nese nese.

My mother she told me to give him a dance.
The little bald headed Chinese nese nese.
I gave him a dance.
He pulled down his pants.
The little bald headed Chinese nese nese.

-snip-

I also added this comment in that post:

"My apologies to Chinese;I mean no disrespect. Also, I think that sometimes adults "get" the full intent of some songs much more than children, and sometimes they don't explain to children the real reasons why a song is a "no no"."

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In that same thread is this song that Joybell's partner posted on 01 Oct 04 - 08:04 PM at under the title: Lyrics add Old Shoes and Leggings":

old ______?_______* came courting one day
all three girls wouldn't have him
came courting one day and we wished him away
with his old shoes on and his leggings

mother told me to give him a chair
all three etc
i gave him a chair and he jumped in the air
with his etc

mother told me to get him a drink
i got him a drink and he sat in the sink

show him the saw
danced rye straw

put him to bed
stood on his head

send him away
left us to stay


* i sing "old fiddle-faddle"