Chinese Firecrackers 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 02 Apr 2006
2006

Charlie Yonge lay smoking
on his bunk one night,
something happened, filling Charlie Yonge
with fright.
Someone placed a bunch of firecrackers
under his bunk
and touched the stem of each of them
with a piece of lighted punk.
Charlie jumped up in the air
filled with rage
he started to swear..

Hop Toy, Ming Foy, Sing Goy,
Ung Ley, Suey Pow, YenShee Gow Main.
That bunch of crackers exploded
with a bing, bang, boom,
and so did Charlie Yonge
in his native tongue
with a Hop Toy,
Ming Foy, Sing Goy,
Ung Loy, Hunka Chinee Punk,
which means: "Who the 'helle'
put those firecrackers under my bunk?"

Hop Toy, Ming Foy, Sing Goy,
Ung Ley, Suey Pow, YenShee Gow Main.
That bunch of crackers exploded
with a bing, bang, boom,
and so did Charlie Yonge
in his native tongue
with a Hop Toy,
Ming Foy, Sing Goy,
Ung Loy, Hunka Chinee Punk,
which means: "Who the 'helle'
put those firecrackers under my bunk?"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Chinese Firecrackers 1920
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
© MCMXX by Irving Berlin Inc. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 02 April 2006 at 12.33
in association with Doug Grierson
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