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Thread #6971 Message #2028992
Posted By: GUEST,guest
18-Apr-07 - 11:58 AM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
Once in China lived a man and his face was dark as tan here he comes and here he goes Hong Kong Harry with the beery nose
chikericky chee-chee chee-chee cholum laughala doolum missipee guy I go you go, hitty-kitty catty go Hong Kong chikericky chee choo chi
MY FATHER TAUGHT ME THIS SONG AS A CHILD. APPARENTLY HE USED TO SING IT WITH HIS MATES IN THE ARMY CIRCA WW2
Other songs included:-
Felix... keeps on walking... keeps on walking still...
AND
For the boys all laugh at Charlie Chaplin... his boots a cracklin, for the want of blackin'...
AND
Dan, Dan the lavatory man... cleaning up the muck all day... cleaning up the 'you know'... reading the football final, passing the merry hours away gor blimey...
At this point my mum would step in and give my Dad a row for teaching the bairn... they rude songs... Well I was only 3 then, but more than five decades later, I still remember them.