Wild; who knew how this song has passed around the globe? I've always been a bit embarrassed by it, but like many my grandfather used to sing this to us.

The version I remember goes,

Once there was a Chinaman,
His name was Chicka-chaloo-cha-pan,
His nose was short and his teeth were long,
And this was the way he walked along,

Chicka-cha-loo, cha-loo, cha pan!
Hobbity-hobbity Chinaman.

Then this poor old man he died,
And in his coffin he did lie.
They shipped his coffin to Japan,
And that was the end of the Chinaman!

Chicka-cha-loo, cha-loo, cha pan!
Hobbity-hobbity Chinaman.