As I Went Up Some Chinese Steps

DESCRIPTION: "As I went up some Chinese steps, I met some Chinese people. This is the way they spoke to me: Issa bissa bonka, Issa bissa bonka, And out goes she."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: travel
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 50, "(As I went up some Chinese steps)" (1 text)
Roud #38135
NOTES [22 words]: I have a feeling the ending of this comes from one of the various versions of "Ickie Bickie Soda Cracker." But I have no proof. - RBW
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File: BAAI050C

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