1. 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.
He’ll only swallow ebry thing that he can overhaul.
Four bags of wheat just as certain as your born.
A bushel of potatoes and a tub full of corn.
Chorus: Don't bet ...

 

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