The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

CHING, CHING, CHINAMAN

CHING, CHING, CHINAMAN, SITTING ON A FENCE
TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR OUT OF FIFTY-NINE CENTS
HE MISSED, /HE MISSED, HE MISSED LIKE THIS.

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT DID THIS WITH FRIENDS AS A CHILD AS A PROCESS
OF ELIMINATION. EACH PERSON PUT ONE FOOT IN A CIRCLE AND
SOMEONE COUNTED ONE WORD TO EACH FOOT. THE LAST WORD ON
THE LAST FOOT THE LAST TIME AROUND WAS ?IT?.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT