From Here To Shanghai 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Dec 2006
2006

I've often wandered down
to dreamy Chinatown,
the home of Chingaling.
It's fine! I must declare,
but now I'm going where
I can see the real, real thing.

I'll soon be there
in a bamboo chair,
for I've got my fare
from here to Shanghai.
Just picture me
sipping Ooolong tea,
served by a Chinaman
who speaks away up high.
I'll eat the way they do
with a pair of wooden sticks,
and I'll have Ching Ling Foo,
doing all his magic tricks.
I'll get my mail
from a pale pigtail
for I mean to sail
from here to Shanghai.

I'll soon be there
in a bamboo chair,
for I've got my fare
from here to Shanghai.
Just picture me
sipping Ooolong tea,
served by a Chinaman
who speaks away up high.
I'll eat the way they do
with a pair of wooden sticks,
and I'll have Ching Ling Foo,
doing all his magic tricks.
I'll get my mail
from a pale pigtail
for I mean to sail
from here to Shanghai.

I'll have them teaching me
to speak their language, gee!
When I can talk Chinese,
I'll come home on the run,
then have a barr'll of fun,
calling people what I please.

I'll soon be there
in a bamboo chair,
for I've got my fare
from here to Shanghai.
Just picture me
sipping Ooolong tea,
served by a Chinaman
who speaks away up high.
I'll eat the way they do
with a pair of wooden sticks,
and I'll have Ching Ling Foo,
doing all his magic tricks.
I'll get my mail
from a pale pigtail
for I mean to sail
from here to Shanghai.

I'll soon be there
in a bamboo chair,
for I've got my fare
from here to Shanghai.
Just picture me
sipping Ooolong tea,
served by a Chinaman
who speaks away up high.
I'll eat the way they do
with a pair of wooden sticks,
and I'll have Ching Ling Foo,
doing all his magic tricks.
I'll get my mail
from a pale pigtail
for I mean to sail
from here to Shanghai.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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From Here To Shanghai 1917
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© 1917 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 28 December 2006 at 1.41pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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