Ching, ching, Chinaman Matches base text
Language: English
Ching, ching, Chinaman, How d'you sell your fish? Ching, ching, Chinaman, Six bits a dish; Ching, ching, Chinaman, Oh! That's too dear; Ching, ching, Chinaman, Clear out of here!
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_chong [Wikipedia] for background on this derogatory jumping-rope chant.
Composition:
- Set to music by Nicholas Maw (1935 - 2009), "Ching, ching, Chinaman", published 1978 [ voice (or unison chorus) and piano ], from Caroline Pink (and other Nonsense Rhymes), no. 5, London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes
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Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 29