So Long Oo-Long 1920

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 07 Feb 2003

Ming Toy loved a boy,
happy little Japanee;
Oolong was his name,
set her heart aflame.
One day he say:
"Soon I gotta go away;"
When he leave Ming Toy grieve;
ev'rybody hear her say:

"So long! Oolong,
how long you gonna be gone?
Your little Japanee,
will be waiting underneath the bamboo tree;
so don't be too long,
Oolong I'll long while you're away
waiting for the day
when you'll come back to me.
I'll sit and sigh,
'neath the Oriental sky,
each day that I am left alone;
in Naki Saki.
So long! Oolong,
how long you goin' to roam?
Please don't be too long Oolong,
so long hurry back home."

"So long! Oolong,
how long you gonna be gone?
Your little Japanee,
will be waiting underneath the bamboo tree;
so don't be too long,
Oolong I'll long while you're away
waiting for the day
when you'll come back to me.
I'll sit and sigh,
'neath the Oriental sky,
each day that I am left alone;
in Naki Saki.
So long! Oolong,
how long you goin' to roam?
Please don't be too long Oolong,
so long hurry back home."

Days fly quickly by,
turning into lonely years;
tho' the nights are long,
Ming Toy's faith is strong.
She kneels and feels,
that she doesn't pray in vain;
whispers: "Oo, I love you,
Ming Toy wants you back again."

"So long! Oolong,
how long you gonna be gone?
Your little Japanee,
will be waiting underneath the bamboo tree;
so don't be too long,
Oolong I'll long while you're away
waiting for the day
when you'll come back to me.
I'll sit and sigh,
'neath the Oriental sky,
each day that I am left alone;
in Naki Saki.
So long! Oolong,
how long you goin' to roam?
Please don't be too long Oolong,
so long hurry back home."

"So long! Oolong,
how long you gonna be gone?
Your little Japanee,
will be waiting underneath the bamboo tree;
so don't be too long,
Oolong I'll long while you're away
waiting for the day
when you'll come back to me.
I'll sit and sigh,
'neath the Oriental sky,
each day that I am left alone;
in Naki Saki.
So long! Oolong,
how long you goin' to roam?
Please don't be too long Oolong,
so long hurry back home."

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So Long Oo-Long 1920
music and words by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
copyright MCMXX by Waterson, Berlin and Snyder Co.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 07 February 2003 at 00.08
in association with Doug Grierson
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