Crazy Old Man from China
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My mother she told be to fix him some fish
Oh gee I don' wanna
I fixed him some fish and he ate up the dish
That crazy old man from China
My mother she told me to give him a bath
Oh gee I don' wanna
I fixed him a bath and he stuck up his bottom
That crazy old man from China
My mother she told me to put him to bed
Oh gee I don' wanna
I put him to bed and he chopped of his head
That crazy old man from China
My mother she told me to bury him deep
Oh gee I don' wanna
I buried him deep and he stuck up his feet
That crazy old man from China
My mother she told me to chop off the feet
Oh gee I don' wanna
I chopped off the feet and they ran down the street
That crazy old man from China!
User Comments Crazy Old Man from China (52)
By Ciara from Maple Ridge on 3 May 2009
what that does not seem like a child song yah put the a word in it
By Jan from Los Angeles on 30 May 2009
This song is not appropriate for children. But my sister reminded me of a song I use to sing around 1957, she believes I learned at preschool, The Crazy Bald Headed Chinese. The lyrics seem very similar to that song - to my best recollection.
By Cris from Sacramento Usa on 16 June 2009
i love this song! ill teach dis to my class.
By Sj from Kalamazoo, Michigan on 28 June 2009
What is the purpose of the man being from China. Couldn't it have been left out. Also why are we teaching children about chopping up and burying people?
By Amy from Philadelphia on 22 January 2010
Someone told me that I sang this as a child. I havent heard it since. Only I remember him being from Washington shore.
By Somedude from Columbia,america on 7 February 2010
My Music Teacher In Grade School Taught everyone in school this song. When I was 5 years old. The School banned the song after awhile and told us we we could not sing it anymore. That was in 1985!
By Shelley from Nanchong, China on 4 March 2010
I probably won't be teaching this one to my students...:)
By Taylor from Spring Texas on 7 April 2010
what is this song doing on this website
By Hannah from Lakewood America on 14 April 2010
what r people thinking this to children?but then again,alot of childrens songs r like this....
By Charles from Dali, China on 21 April 2010
A song this flippantly xenophobic could only be made in the good ol'USA! God Bless America!
By Adam from Banarama on 18 May 2010
I find this very offensive to my people, as a fellow oragami maker I do not want to be buried. WAN BUY DVD?
By Adam from Banarama on 18 May 2010
i find this song very exciting, oh god brst song ever.
By Hollywood from Hollywood on 12 August 2010
eww this song is funny and gross at the same time
By Mary from United States on 5 November 2010
I remember singing this as a child in the 60's. It had a very catchy tune and was incredibly silly. Because of it's popularity at the time ... did it come from a movie or play somewhere? That would be my guess.
By Changpu from China on 10 December 2010
little black thing on my head crazy white foo i shakalaka you
By Caity from United States on 6 January 2011
Wow This is A weird song ! But Why is The man from china ?
By Lisa from United States on 8 January 2011
I had learned a silly song similar to this while I was in Brownies in 1978. Our version wasn't quite as dark and twisted and the verses were all different from this song. It was still a very weird, silly song and we had learned it to perform it for our Mom's at a ceremony, strange, huh? All I remember is that our version in Brownie's went like this: "My Mama told me to open the door, but I didn't wanna... I opened the door, He fell on the floor, The bald-headed man from China My Mama told me to take off his coat, But I didn't wanna... I took off his coat, He smelled like a goat, The bald-headed man from China" I have no idea why we were taught this offensive song in Brownies, we were 8 yr olds who thought it was just silly and fun to sing. Just thought I'd add what I know about this crazy song, no intention to offend anyone. If you'll notice, many "old" children's songs would be deemed highly offensive or inappropriate by today's standards. There is lots of violence and death in old children's songs and rhymes.
By Brittany from United States on 29 January 2011
this song is crazy.it gives me nightmares!
By Angelia from United States on 1 June 2011
Really twisted and crazy will NOT teach to the kids I babysit.Very inapproiate for kids of all ages!My mother neither father didn't find this suitable for me as a kid.My big brother although told me that a Chinese man was coming to live with us and I would have to fix him some fish,give him a bath,put him in the bed.Then,he was going to eat the plate,not want to get out the tub,and chop off his own head when I took him to bed.He said I was going to have to bury him and his feet were going to stivk out so I was going to have to cut them off and they were going to run down the street.Then,I slept with my parents from that day own.He really had me scared!(Tell your daughter not to listen to her big brother if he scares you and sleep with your parents.)
By Staci from Canada on 1 June 2011
Don't blame you my brother I scared all the time because he was younger than me!Angelia.
By Chenae from Turks And Caicos Islands on 5 June 2011
this song is funny and gross at the same time
By Avory from United States on 24 July 2011
my father used to sing this song to me when i was a child. :)
By Ronnie from United States on 20 September 2011
Really stop all the whining. It's a song. My grandkids love it. This is one of the songs we always sing on the road. The thing is they are singing with their Grandparents. Doesn't matter the words just the sound of their voices in my ear. Do your Grandkids sing with you. Or do you have them in head phones hooked to an ipod and you listen to the radio.
By Rose from United States on 23 September 2011
I learned this song when very young and still know the tune! That's why I looked up the lyrics. I, too, learned the first stanza to be "to open the door...I opened the door, he fell to the floor..." And the 2nd line was, "But I didn't wanna." Just a fun crazy song back then. Thinking about teaching my grandkids, but parents may be too PC!
By Fudgefan#1 from United States on 21 December 2011
Chinese people arent cwazy the babies are cute and my music teacher's daughter is adopted and chinese! dis really offensive
By Sam from United States on 20 January 2012
My mother used to sing this to me when I was younger; but it wasn't violent like this. I believe my mother's version was about welcoming a guest into the house, and for some reason the man was Chinese.
By Joe from United States on 21 February 2012
I remember my sister and her friend would sing this song way back in the late 80s. The lyrics were different, ours was. "My Mommy told me to take him to the movies. So I take him to the movies, he showed off his booty. Oh me oh my what should I do with the little old man from China. "
By Reffer from Bhutan on 26 April 2012
ummm ya and stuff my grandmother told me its my mother she told me to give him a drink but i didnt wanna so he drank in the sink BTW this is perfectly harmless song it just wants to be funny!
By Jenna from United States on 27 May 2012
Used to sing a version of this all the time on the school bus. I guess its offensive if you want to take it that way. It was just a fun song to sing
By Tk from United States on 19 November 2012
Yes, this SILLY song was passed down to me from my mother and in today's world it is offensive but I never got the bury or the cut feet off versions. Ours went something like this: My mama told me to open the door but I didn't wanna, I opened the door and he fell on the floor the SILLY man from China.. My mama told me to take off his coat but I didn't wanna, I took off his goat he smelled like a goat the SILLY man from china. My mama told me to take off his hat but I didn't wanna, I took off his hat and he look like a rat the SILLY man from china. My mama told to get him a drink but I didn't wanna, I got him a drink and he swallowed the sink the SILLY man from China. My mama told me to take him for a ride but I didn't wanna, I took him for a ride and that poor SILLY man died, I will miss that SILLY man from China...
By Mike from United States on 1 December 2012
The version I remember dates from 1961 and was sung in NJ. It is the same as Tk's version, but it referred to the "Crazy" man from China. Unfortunately, I forget some lyrics. I wonder if these lyrics changed over time and location? The "but I didn't wanna" stanza was sung in a spirit of rebellion, I recall.
By James from United States on 3 January 2013
I remember my siblings and I sang this with our parents on road trips, but the version we sang was: My momma told me to open the door, gee I don't wanna, I opened the door he fell to the floor, that crazy bald headed Chinese My momma told me to take him to church, gee I don't wanna, I took him to church he spit on his shirt, that crazy bald headed Chinese. My momma told me to get him a drink, gee I don't wanna, I got him a drink he swallowed the sink, that crazy bald headed Chinese. My momma told me to put him to bed, gee I don't wanna, I put him to bed he chopped off his head, that crazy bald headed Chinese. My momma told me to bury him deep, gee I don't wanna, I buried him deep he stuck up his feet, that crazy bald headed Chinese.
By Kathy from United States on 19 January 2013
I remember this as "The great big man from China". I learned it as a kid from my cousins. Must have been around 1965 when I was 6 or so. My kids always thought I made it up as it was so crazy. it started for us with us saying "knock knock. whos there?", and the singing 'My momma told me to open the door. I didn't wanna. Opened the door, fell on the floor, there was a great big man from China.' And like the rest of the songs it was about trying to be nice to this Great Big Man from China. Took off his coat, smelled like a goat. Put him to bed, off fell his head. burried him deep, he stuck out his feet. thank you for this site. now I can corrupt future generations with my songs from childhood! :)
By Pat from United States on 21 April 2013
I knew this as The Crazy old man from Russia, Kruschev My mother she told me to open the door but I didn't want to I opened the door and he fell through the floor That crazy old man from Russia, Kruschev! and if went on from there
By Tonya from United States on 13 May 2013
I remember this song, but it had a few things changed... my mother told me to open the door I did I did not want too, I opened the door he fell on the floor....coat out jumped a goat, get him a drink he drank the sink....it was all about words that rhyme, or at least when I was taught it in the mid 80s . It has always been one of my favorites had nothing to do with the character being from China, everything to do with the how silly it was in 3rd grade.
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By Staci from Canada on 2 April 2009
What the..... :)