A popular song from 1943 Words & music by Ervin Drake Lyrics
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
There’s a coolie, name of Chulee
Runs a rickety rickshaw south of Peking
He goes a clippety-clop-clop, clippety-clop-clop
As he hobbles down the cobble-stoned streets
He’s romantic and his antics are
The talk of the girlies south of Peking
Their hearts go flippety-flop-flop, flippety-flop-flop
As he hobbles down the cobble-stoned street
For the first quarter of a mile
He’ll only charge a pretty girl a smile
For every quarter after this
He’ll collect a kiss! Yum!
When the moon is high and ladies sigh
The rickety rickshaw comes a-creaking
And he goes a clippety-clop-clop
Clippety-clop-clop
As he hobbles down the cobble-stoned streets
Interlude
The other drivers are all connivers
They drive you round about
And pound about the city
But he has no yen for the yen
He takes ’em straight and then
His rate is just a date