I Went to a Chinese Restaurant

DESCRIPTION: "I went to a Chinese restaurant, To buy a loaf of bread ... they wrapped it in a five pound note." The note said "My name is Alli, alli, Chickerlye chickerlye ... Chinese chopsticks, Indian chief says 'How!'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1974 (Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame)
KEYWORDS: food playparty
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame 143, "I Went to a Chinese Restaurant" (4 texts, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Elizabeth Grugeon, "Gender Implications of Children's Playground Culture" in Peter Woods and Martyn Hammersley, editors, Gender and Ethnicity in Schools (1993 (copyrighted material limited preview "Digitized by Google")) #3 p. 32, ("I went to the Chinese Restaurant") (1 text)
Roud #20093
File: OpGa143

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