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Thread #6971   Message #2232240
Posted By: GUEST,DOWSE
09-Jan-08 - 02:25 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Once in China there lived a great ma
My father's next door neighbour taught him this song in Denton, Manchester, during the 1960s. I have no idea where it originated from but I was taught the song as a young child.

Once in china there lived a great man,
His name was Chicka-racka-chee-chi-cho.
His legs were long and his feet were short,
This China-man couldn't walk or talk.

[Chorus]
With a chicka-racka-chee-chi
co-chicka-lorum
con-chicka-lorum
alla-balla-wah!
oh-co-co-co
itchi-bah-itchi-bah-itchi-bah-itchi-bah
chinese coke.

Took him to the top of a hill and rolled him down like a Beechams pill.