Chinaman, Chinaman (Ching, Ching, Chinaman)

DESCRIPTION: "Chinaman, Chinaman, Walking down the street, Chinaman, Chinaman, Close your eyes and Jump on one foot to nine." "Ching Chong Chinaman, Bought a toy doll... Then it caught a cold.... Doctor couldn't come, Because he had a pimple On his tum, tum, tum"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks)
KEYWORDS: playparty travel nonballad injury disease doctor China | counting
FOUND IN: US(MW) New Zealand
REFERENCES (6 citations):
McIntosh-FolkSongsAndSingingGamesofIllinoisOzarks, p. 105, "(Chinaman, Chinaman)" (1 short text)
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #62, "(Chickie, chickie Chinaman, Sitting on a fence)" (1 text)
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, pp. 127-128, "(Ching Chong Chinaman)"; "(Ching Ching Chinaman)" (2 texts)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p.286, "Ching-a-ling"/"The Chinaman" (notes only)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 117, "Chick, chick, chatterman" (1 text, perhaps expurgated)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #73, "Ching, chang, Chinaman"; #74, "Ching, chang, Chinaman bought a toy doll"; #76, "Ching, Ching, Chinaman Eats dead rats" (3 texts); also #536, "Tattletale, Tattletale, settin' on a fence" (1 text, which Abrahams claims is this)
Roud #10348? 19308? 20094?
NOTES [41 words]: There are a number of texts that begin "Chinaman, Chinaman," or "Ching, Ching, Chinaman," or (even worse) "Chink, Chink, Chinaman." How many are related I don't know; it might be worth a study. I'm sticking them all here pending said study. - RBW
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