In one of my earliest blogs, I wrote about popular songs that may or may not be offensive. Now I return for a look and listen to four more songs and the stories behind them so you can decide for yourself if they are indeed chinky or not chinky.
“POOR BUTTERFLY”
VARIOUS ARTISTS
(1916)
First introduced in the 1916 Broadway production of The Big Show, this song quickly became a standard and has been covered by everyone from Sarah Vaughn to Judy Garland (shown in the video above). Written by Raymond Hubbell and John Golden, it was inspired by the Madame Butterfly story—Japanese women falls in love with white American soldier who leaves her with their baby. When he returns with his new white wife, the Japanese woman must, of course, commit suicide.
