Stephen C. Foster, 1861
De Shanghai chicken, when you put him in de pit, He’ll eat a loaf of bread up, but he can’t fight a bit De Shanghai fiddle is a funny little thing And ebry time you tune him up he goes ching ching. Chorus: Oh! de Shanghai! Don’t bet your money on de Shanghai, Take de little chicken in de middle ob de ring But don’t bet your money on de Shanghai. |
2. I go to de fair for to see de funny fowls De double headed pigion an de one eyed owls De old lame goose wid no web between his toes He kills himself a laughing when de Shanghai crows. Chorus:
3. De Shanghai’s tall but his appetite is small |
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