From Here to Shanghai - Al Jolson, Charles A. Prince Orchestra, Ирвинг Берлин

I’ve often wandered down

To dreamy Chinatown

The home of Ching-a-ling

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 Oo-long tea

Served by a Chinaman

Who speaks a-way up high

(«Hock-a-my, Hock-a-my»)

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 pig-tail

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