Pirandello - "Beware of Chu Chin Chow"

Prends garde à Tchou-Tchin-Tchou

Part of the Zeigfield Follies of 1917

Authors: Dave Stamper, Gene Buck, Lucien Boyer, Francis Salabert
Paris: Francis Salabert, ©1917

English lyrics:

— Verse 1 —
In a fairy book a Chinese crook
Has won such wond'drous fame
But now-a-days
He appears in plays
And Chu-Chin-Chow's his name

With his forty theives
He now achieves
A great success each night
Just lend an ear and listen here
And I will put you right.

— Chorus —
Beware of Chu Chin Chow
Take care he's coming now
He's a robber from the orient
And he's filled with Chinese sentiment

At night when lights are low
He wanders to and fro
He's the master of his art
He can steal a girlie's heart

Love he'll plunder,
He's a wonder
Chu Chin Chow

— Verse 2 —
Mister Chu-Chin-Chow you must allow
Has a manner all his own
For he does not woo as others do
He's never quite alone

With his forty jugs
He carries hugs
And kisses to bestow
'Tis in the sand
He'll win your hand,
This Chinese Romeo

— Repeat Chorus —