The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89534 Message #350987
Posted By: durham
04-Dec-00 - 06:11 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Chink a Boo Man
Subject: ADD 'Chink-a-boo Man'
Hope someone can help with this song. Mother sang it her 5 children and it was sung to her by her mother. Any help appreciated. Cindy
CHINK-A-BOO MAN
When I was just a little bitty fella just about so high My momma use to tell me story bout a big bold bad man in the sky She said at night when all the shadows were a creeping and the howling wind around so loudly blew I'd sit down by her knee and then she said to me here's the story bout the Chink-a-boo
Chorus: He's got great big shiny eye's He's got a great big mouth this size He walks like this and like that He eats up little children both lean and fat So run, run, run just as fast as you can and hide yourself away from the Chink-a-boo man
One night when I was walkin cross the meadow just about a mile from home it was then I heard a rustling in the bushes then I heard a low, low moan I ran into my mammy's house a flyin I ran that mile in nothing honest true and when I reached the door, to mammy I did roar MAW! I saw the Chink-a-boo