Burl Ives
Shipmates listen unto me.
I'll tell you in my song
of the things that happened to me
when I come home from Hong Kong.
Chorus:
To me way, Sandy, my dear Annie. Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
As I walked down to Chatham Street, a fair maid I did meet.
She asked me, please, to see her home. She lived on Bleecker Street.
Now, if you'll only come with me, you can have a treat.
You can have a glass of brandy and something nice to eat.
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Before we sat down to eat, we had sev'ral drinks.
The liquor was so awful strong, I quickly fell asleep.
(Chorus)
When I awoke next mornin’, I had an achin' head.
My gold watch and my pocketbook and the lady friend had fled.
Now looking ‘round this little room, nothin’ could I see
but a woman’s shoes, an apron, which now belonged to me.
(Chorus)
Now dressed in the lady's apron, I wandered most forlorn
'Till Martin Churchill took me in and he sent me round Cape Horn.
(Chorus)
Shipmates listen unto me.
I'll tell you in my song
of the things that happened to me
when I come home from Hong Kong.
Chorus:
To me way, Sandy, my dear Annie. Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
As I walked down to Chatham Street, a fair maid I did meet.
She asked me, please, to see her home. She lived on Bleecker Street.
Now, if you'll only come with me, you can have a treat.
You can have a glass of brandy and something nice to eat.
(Chorus)
Before we sat down to eat, we had sev'ral drinks.
The liquor was so awful strong, I quickly fell asleep.
(Chorus)
When I awoke next mornin’, I had an achin' head.
My gold watch and my pocketbook and the lady friend had fled.
Now looking ‘round this little room, nothin’ could I see
but a woman’s shoes, an apron, which now belonged to me.
(Chorus)
Now dressed in the lady's apron, I wandered most forlorn
'Till Martin Churchill took me in and he sent me round Cape Horn.
(Chorus)