Fan-San 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 June 2010
2010

In a little Bamboo China store
Nestling by the sea in Singapore
Lonely China Maiden pretty FanSan
Waits for her sailor man.
Tears of joy are in her almond eyes,
Little China maid no longer sighs
For she just received a loving note
This is what he wrote:

FanSan, FanSan,
you know I love but you;
FanSan, FanSan,
Please make my dreams come true.
I miss old China and her Oriental nights,
I long to stroll again
beneath those lantern lights.
all alone with FanSan, FanSan
Someday we'll happy be
In our bamboo shack
Beside the sil'vry sea
when the lotus blooms in June
I'll go on my honeymoon,
All alone with pretty FanSan.

FanSan, FanSan,
you know I love but you;
FanSan, FanSan,
Please make my dreams come true.
I miss old China and her Oriental nights,
I long to stroll again
beneath those lantern lights.
all alone with FanSan, FanSan
Someday we'll happy be
In our bamboo shack
Beside the sil'vry sea
when the lotus blooms in June
I'll go on my honeymoon,
All alone with pretty FanSan.

Pretty little maid of Singapore
Watches ev'ry boat that comes to shore,
Since the day he sent that sweet little note,
FanSan is always glad.
Chinese wedding bells will ring in June
All the singsing girls will croon love's tune
Sailor lad will soon be back again
Singing this refrain:

FanSan, FanSan,
you know I love but you;
FanSan, FanSan,
Please make my dreams come true.
I miss old China and her Oriental nights,
I long to stroll again
beneath those lantern lights.
all alone with FanSan, FanSan
Someday we'll happy be
In our bamboo shack
Beside the sil'vry sea
when the lotus blooms in June
I'll go on my honeymoon,
All alone with pretty FanSan.

FanSan, FanSan,
you know I love but you;
FanSan, FanSan,
Please make my dreams come true.
I miss old China and her Oriental nights,
I long to stroll again
beneath those lantern lights.
all alone with FanSan, FanSan
Someday we'll happy be
In our bamboo shack
Beside the sil'vry sea
when the lotus blooms in June
I'll go on my honeymoon,
All alone with pretty FanSan.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Fan-San 1919
by Lynn Cowan & Alex Sullivan
© MCMXIX by Artmusic Inc. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 16 June 2010 at 11.42
in association with  Veda Meyer-Castens
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