Fine Fat Saucy Chinaman, The

DESCRIPTION: "I'll sing a little ditty, which I trust you'll not think flat, Of a fine fat saucy Chinaman Who lives on Ballarat." He digs in ground others say has no gold, and finds enough to live. Others complain. He must pay a tax for being Chinese. He needs a wife
AUTHOR: Charles R. Thatcher (1831-1878)?
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Thatcher-ColonialMinstrel-Songsters)
KEYWORDS: China worker Australia marriage gold
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Thatcher-ColonialMinstrel-Songsters, pp. 79-80, "The Fine Fat Saucy Chinaman" (1 text, from "Thatcher's Colonial Songster")
Anderson-StoryOfAustralianFolksong, pp. 99-101, "The Fine Fat Saucy Chinaman" (1 text, 1 tune)
Anderson-GoldrushSongster, pp. 90-91, "The Fine Fat Saucy Chinaman" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hoskins-GoldfieldBalladeer-LifeAndTimes-Charles-R-Thatcher, pp. 144-145, "The Fine Fat Saucy Chinaman" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Old English Gentleman" (tune) and references there
NOTES [29 words]: For brief background on Charles Thatcher's career, see the notes to "Where's Your License?" For an extensive collection of his songs, see Anderson-StoryOfAustralianFolksong. - RBW
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