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Thread #6971   Message #2315680
Posted By: GUEST,Susan from NJ
14-Apr-08 - 07:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
My mom is 88 and I'm 62. I remember her singing it to me when I was a child. To the best of my recollection it went:

In China once there lived a man
His name was Chickety Chickety Chan
His feet were long and his toes were short
And this is the way the Chinaman spoke.

Oh. . .
Chickalee chall-I chall-o
Chickalo romeo in a bananago
Alago walago chanticlee
In a bananago out you go

Oh. . .
This poor Chinaman he did die
And in his coffin he did lie
They shipped him back to old Japan
And this is the way his epitaph ran

Oh. . .
Chorus