| 词条 | Ching-a-Ring Chaw |
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Ching-a-Ring Chaw (sometimes Ching-a-Ring, or Ching-a-Ring Shaw) is a song from the early days of the Minstrel tradition. A rewritten version frequently performed in modern times comes from Aaron Copland's 1952 Old American Songs song set. LyricsThe precise lyrics vary, but they are generally approximately as follows: Ching-a-ring-a ring ching ching, Ho a ding-a-ding kum larkee, Ching-a-ring-a ring ching ching, Ho a ding kum larkee. Brothers gather round, Listen to this story, 'Bout the promised land, An' the promised glory. You don't need to fear, If you have no money, You don't need none there, To buy you milk and honey. There you'll ride in style, Coach with four white horses, There the evenin' meal, Has one two three four courses. Nights we all will dance To the harp and fiddle, Waltz and jig and prance, "And Cast off down the middle!" When the mornin' come, All in grand and splendour, Stand out in the sun, And hear the holy thunder! Brothers hear me out, The promised land's a-comin' Dance and sing and shout, I hear them harps a strummin'. Ching-a-ring-a ching ching ching, ching a ring ching Ching-a-ring-a ching ching, Ching a Ching a Ching chning ching-a-ring-a, ching-a-ring-a, ching-a-ring-a, ring, ching ching ching CHAW! HistoryChing-a-Ring Chaw's origin was as a blackface minstrel song. While arranging the piece for the second set of his Old American Songs, composer Aaron Copland made a point of rewriting the lyrics to efface any of the song's minstrel baggage: "I did not want to take any chance of it being construed as racist."[1] See also
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1 : Blackface minstrel songs |
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