A Quayside In Old Shanghai 1936

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 05 Oct 2002

Far away an eastern maid is sighing
the one she loves her arms will never hold
though he's gone her love is never ending
the story of this romance I've been told.

As the boat was leaving
to her love she waved goodbye
though she smiled her heart was grieving
on a quayside in old Shanghai.
He had kissed her sweetly
and she knew the reason why
He had left his love completely
on a quayside in old Shanghai.
East is East and West is West
and never the twain shall meet
He left her with a broken heart
but with a memory so sweet.
When the world was sleeping
'neath an oriental sky
ev'ry night you'll find her weeping
on a quayside in old Shanghai.

As the boat was leaving
to her love she waved goodbye
though she smiled her heart was grieving
on a quayside in old Shanghai.
He had kissed her sweetly
and she knew the reason why
He had left his love completely
on a quayside in old Shanghai.
East is East and West is West
and never the twain shall meet
He left her with a broken heart
but with a memory so sweet.
When the world was sleeping
'neath an oriental sky
ev'ry night you'll find her weeping
on a quayside in old Shanghai.

In her heart she keeps a love undying
a memory of one who went away
That's the reason why she's always sighing
ev'ry single moment night and day.

As the boat was leaving
to her love she waved goodbye
though she smiled her heart was grieving
on a quayside in old Shanghai.
He had kissed her sweetly
and she knew the reason why
He had left his love completely
on a quayside in old Shanghai.
East is East and West is West
and never the twain shall meet
He left her with a broken heart
but with a memory so sweet.
When the world was sleeping
'neath an oriental sky
ev'ry night you'll find her weeping
on a quayside in old Shanghai.

As the boat was leaving
to her love she waved goodbye
though she smiled her heart was grieving
on a quayside in old Shanghai.
He had kissed her sweetly
and she knew the reason why
He had left his love completely
on a quayside in old Shanghai.
East is East and West is West
and never the twain shall meet
He left her with a broken heart
but with a memory so sweet.
When the world was sleeping
'neath an oriental sky
ev'ry night you'll find her weeping
on a quayside in old Shanghai.

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A Quayside In Old Shanghai 1936
by Arden-Saville and Kennedy-Royce
copyright 1936 by Francis, Day and Hunter Ltd., London
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 05 October 2002 at 20.16
in association with Doug Grierson
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