My Little Hong Kong Baby 1902

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 November 2010
2010

In a little laundry down in Chinatown,
There's a little Chinaman,
with pigtail hanging down,
Chingaling
lingalingalingaling
Toils from early morning
Far into the night.
All the linen polishing
until it's clean and bright
Chingaling
lingalingalingaling
Folks who pass the laundry,
Often stop to ask,
Why a Chinaman should sing
Gaily at his task
Why he's never lonely,
nid the foreign throng,
Ah if they could only know
the burden of his song
Chingaling
lingalingalingaling.

My little Hong Kong baby
Over the China sea,
When will you join me may be
When will you come to me.
When will our Wedding Day be
my little Fooey See.
My little Hong Kong baby
My little cup of tea.

My little Hong Kong baby
Over the China sea,
When will you join me may be
When will you come to me.
When will our Wedding Day be
my little Fooey See.
My little Hong Kong baby
My little cup of tea.

In a little teashop far in China's land
Sits a little China girl,
with tea cup in her hand,
Chingaling
lingalingalingaling
As the dainty peach blooms,
shower from above.
Stands a gay young mandarin
who's breathing words of love,
Chingaling
lingalingalingaling
How her features brighten
How her soft eyes shine,
as she hears his burning words
"Fooey See be mine!"
But a mystic murmur
falls upon her ear,
As a song from o'er the sea
The maiden seems to hear
Chingaling
lingalingalingaling.

My little Hong Kong baby
Over the China sea,
When will you join me may be
When will you come to me.
When will our Wedding Day be
my little Fooey See.
My little Hong Kong baby
My little cup of tea.

My little Hong Kong baby
Over the China sea,
When will you join me may be
When will you come to me.
When will our Wedding Day be
my little Fooey See.
My little Hong Kong baby
My little cup of tea.

In a little laundry down in Chinatown
Kneels a little Chinaman,
whose tears are streaming down,
Chingaling
lingalingalingaling
In his hand a letter
from across the sea.
He has read with burning eyes
of faithless Fooey See.
Chingaling
lingalingalingaling
Folks who pass the laundry
Wonder on their way,
Why he does not sing the song
He sang yesterday,
See him sad and lonely
all the dark day long,
Hopeless little Chinaman
no longer sings this song.
Chingaling
lingalingalingaling.

My little Hong Kong baby
Over the China sea,
When will you join me may be
When will you come to me.
When will our Wedding Day be
my little Fooey See.
My little Hong Kong baby
My little cup of tea.

My little Hong Kong baby
Over the China sea,
When will you join me may be
When will you come to me.
When will our Wedding Day be
my little Fooey See.
My little Hong Kong baby
My little cup of tea.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Little Hong Kong Baby 1902
(My Little Cup Of Tea)
sung by Violet Dale in "A Chinese Honeymoon"
Music by John W.Bratton
Lyrics by Paul West
© MCMII by M.Witmark & Sons.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 03 November 2010 at 18.13
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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