>>>"What did Delaware, boys - what did Delaware? ... She wore brand a New Jersey ... Where has Oregon ... She went to pay her Texas ..."
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>>Does it have a "but why, oh, Ming?" in it?
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>Unfortunately not - lyrics and tune:
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>http://www.lyricsdownload.com/perry-como-delaware-lyrics.html
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>I think it would need a pun about smashing the most expensive vase first

Nope... that's about emperor Ming exiling its enemies into that place, after which they'd mouth such a complaint, and thus it was named so.