Hong Kong 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Oct 2008
2008

There are many oriental places
down in Chinatown,
There are many oriental faces,
with almond eyes of brown,
in a tiny little chinee toy bazaar
where the funny red and yellow lanterns are,
there's a boy from old Hong Kong,
and he sings the whole night long:

Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
there's no other place like Hong Kong,
where oriental lights are gleaming
and little chinamen are dreaming
so long, so long,
soon America, so long
in that land of rice and tea
soon upon my honeymoon I'll be,
ev'ry night my heart
it cries for Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
there's no other place like Hong Kong,
where oriental lights are gleaming
and little chinamen are dreaming
so long, so long,
soon America, so long
in that land of rice and tea
soon upon my honeymoon I'll be,
ev'ry night my heart
it cries for Hong Kong.

Come with me, oh come with me tomorrow
when the lights are dim,
see Ong Fong,
his heart is full of sorrow,
you'll long to comfort him
ev'ry night he'll light his pipe in Hoppy land,
on a dreamy boat he'll float to Poppy land,
Oh I know your tears he'll bring
when you hear him softly sing,

Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
there's no other place like Hong Kong,
where oriental lights are gleaming
and little chinamen are dreaming
so long, so long,
soon America, so long
in that land of rice and tea
soon upon my honeymoon I'll be,
ev'ry night my heart
it cries for Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
there's no other place like Hong Kong,
where oriental lights are gleaming
and little chinamen are dreaming
so long, so long,
soon America, so long
in that land of rice and tea
soon upon my honeymoon I'll be,
ev'ry night my heart
it cries for Hong Kong.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Hong Kong 1916
Music by Hans von Holstein & Alma M.Sanders
Lyrics by Richard W.Pascoe
© MCMXVI by Buck & Lowney - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 16 October 2008 at 12.24
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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