Chingery Wangery Chan

Louisa May Alcott 1832 – 1888



'In China there lived a little man,
His name was Chingery Wangery Chan.'

'His legs were short, his feet were small,
And this little man could not walk at all.'

'Chingery changery ri co day,
Ekel tekel happy man;
Uron odesko canty oh, oh,
Gallopy wallopy China go.'

'Miss Ki Hi was short and squat,
She had money and he had not
So off to her he resolved to go,
And play her a tune on his little banjo.'

'Whang fun li,
Tang hua ki,
Hong Kong do ra me!
Ah sin lo,
Pan to fo,
Tsing up chin leute!'

'Miss Ki Hi heard his notes of love,
And held her wash-bowl up above
It fell upon the little man,
And this was the end of Chingery Chan,'

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 21, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CADD EEDD FFFDGC GGAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 618
Words 136
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 4

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. more…

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