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Thread #6971 Message #4099292
Posted By: GUEST,Anonymous
25-Mar-21 - 05:59 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Once in China there lived a great man...
This is the version I remembered from the mid 60s. Chinaman had a wife, let her lead such a miserable life.
Led her up to the top of a hill.
Let her roll like a rolling mill.
Chicka lie chee chi cho chicka lora
Bunga lora piggy wiggy wack wack.
Hoka poka hit him in the coca.
Chatterby chatterby chee chi choka.
Chinaman had a daughter, let her play on the teeter tauter.
Led her up to the top of a hill, let her roll like a rolling mill.
Repeat Chicka....
I am sure a lot of words are wrong, but this is how I remember it. Sang it while jumping rope.