Along The Road To Singapore 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Oct 2008
2008

I had a girl,
not very long ago,
far away on a tropical shore,
I had a girl,
out where the roses grow.
On the road that leads to Singapore,
Heaven sent an angel
to the earth one night
just to fill her eyes with love for me.
She wanted me to stay,
that day I sailed away,
Now I'd give the world to be,

Back along the road,
along the road to Singapore,
I want my girl
my Hindu pearl,
to be with me for ever more,
I want to sail away today,
to where the lazy palm tree sway,
Oh, Maroda, sweet Pagoda Rose,
I long to see that tropic shore,
and you, beside, the temple door,
so oriental, and sentimental,
along the road to Singapore.

Back along the road,
along the road to Singapore,
I want my girl
my Hindu pearl,
to be with me for ever more,
I want to sail away today,
to where the lazy palm tree sway,
Oh, Maroda, sweet Pagoda Rose,
I long to see that tropic shore,
and you, beside, the temple door,
so oriental, and sentimental,
along the road to Singapore.

Her eyes were sad,
that day we said Goodbye
when she told me:
"I know you'll forget
what love you had,
just like a rose will die."
And I thought I never would regret,
Now I long to see my Hindustani girl
long to see that old pagoda gate,
I know she's dreaming there,
'mid roses red, and rare,
for she said she'd always wait.

Back along the road,
along the road to Singapore,
I want my girl
my Hindu pearl,
to be with me for ever more,
I want to sail away today,
to where the lazy palm tree sway,
Oh, Maroda, sweet Pagoda Rose,
I long to see that tropic shore,
and you, beside, the temple door,
so oriental, and sentimental,
along the road to Singapore.

Back along the road,
along the road to Singapore,
I want my girl
my Hindu pearl,
to be with me for ever more,
I want to sail away today,
to where the lazy palm tree sway,
Oh, Maroda, sweet Pagoda Rose,
I long to see that tropic shore,
and you, beside, the temple door,
so oriental, and sentimental,
along the road to Singapore.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Along The Road To Singapore 1915
Lyrics by Richard W.Pascoe
Music by Hans von Holstein & Alma M.Sanders
© MCMXV by Buck & Lowney - St.Louis, New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 14 October 2008 at 23.36
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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