John Chinaman's Marriage

DESCRIPTION: "Good people all, give ear, I pray... I'm giving you, in a song, The married life of poor Ching Chong." Having mined enough gold, he seeks a wife. He finally marries "Cock-eyed Fan" from Hangtown. But she does not like his life and soon abandons him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1868 (Conner's Irish Song Book, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: immigration marriage abandonment | Chinese racist
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 303, "John Chinaman's Marriage" (1 text)
Roud #27781
File: LDC303

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