From “ZIEGFELD FOLLIS OF 1920,” 1920. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Arranged by Chas. N. Grant. Cover Art by R.S. Rosebud-Rosenbaum Studio. Copyright ©23 Jun 1920. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Charlie Younge lay smoking
On his bunk one night
Something happened
Filling Charlie Younge with fright
Someone placed a bunch of firecrackers
Under his bunk
And touched the stem of each of them
With a piece of lighted punk
Charlie jumped up in the air
Filled with rage he started to swear
Refrain
“Hop Toy, Ming Foy, Sing Goy, Ung Loy
Suey Pow, Yenshee Gow Main”
That bunch of crackers exploded
With a bing, bang, boom
And so did Charlie Younge
In his native tongue, with a
“Hop Toy, Ming Foy, Sing Goy, Ung Loy
Hunka Chinee punk”, which means
“Who the ‘hell-ee’ put those firecrackers
Under my bunk?”