Ching A Ling A Loo 1901

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 8 Jun 2008
2008

Chin Ling Lee he run a laundry house,
he sent home to China for his spouse,
when she landed in New York Town,
He bought a brand new wedding gown,
On the night the preacher made them one
he invited all his friends to come,
when they had flown left all alone,
they began to coo and sigh:

ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
You're my Chinese baby,
if you love me as I love you
no knife can cut our love in two,
ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
Why are you so shy?
If you want to kiss me
you will never miss me
Ching, Ching,
Chingalingalingaloo.

ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
You're my Chinese baby,
if you love me as I love you
no knife can cut our love in two,
ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
Why are you so shy?
If you want to kiss me
you will never miss me
Ching, Ching,
Chingalingalingaloo.

Ching Ling Lee he smuggled China gin
'till the 'melican man got on to him,
Judge had him locked up with a frown,
fined him ten and sent him down,
Ev'ry night beneath his prison cell,
sat his dainty little China Belle,
only the moon lights up the gloom
as you hear them softly sigh:

ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
You're my Chinese baby,
if you love me as I love you
no knife can cut our love in two,
ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
Why are you so shy?
If you want to kiss me
you will never miss me
Ching, Ching,
Chingalingalingaloo.

ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
You're my Chinese baby,
if you love me as I love you
no knife can cut our love in two,
ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
Why are you so shy?
If you want to kiss me
you will never miss me
Ching, Ching,
Chingalingalingaloo.

Ching Ling Lee he spied a cable car,
when he saw it coming from afar
he said: "No pullee, no pushee, no chain,
go like hellee, allee same,
While he's washing shirts and collars nice,
she is cooking supper made of rice,
when work is done oh my what fun,
then to sit and softly say:

ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
You're my Chinese baby,
if you love me as I love you
no knife can cut our love in two,
ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
Why are you so shy?
If you want to kiss me
you will never miss me
Ching, Ching,
Chingalingalingaloo.

ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
You're my Chinese baby,
if you love me as I love you
no knife can cut our love in two,
ChingALingaLee,
ChingALingaLoo
Why are you so shy?
If you want to kiss me
you will never miss me
Ching, Ching,
Chingalingalingaloo.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ching A Ling A Loo 1901
Words & Music by Max Hoffman
© 1901 by Shapiro, Bernstein & von Tilzer
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, london UK
on Sunday 8 June 2008 at 17.22
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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