Intro: #1 I played around in Chinatown, just a-passin' time away when Black Jack Red hit me in the head And when I woke up next day, I was many miles away I was shanghied on an ocean freighter I was shanghied eatin' beans and taters I was shanghied on an ocean freighter And I wanna get back to shore, back to the Gold Coast shore #2 They throwed me off in old Hong Kong, put me on my own Not a penny in my pocket, ten thousand miles from home that's a mighty long way from home I was shanghied in old Hong Kong I was shanghied, I was all alone I was shanghied, wanna get back home Back to the Gold Coast shore, back to the Gold Coast shore #3 I worked for grub on an old Dutch tub, and wound up in L A When a pretty little girl took me on a whirl and when I woke up next day, when I woke up next day I was shanghied for the rest of my life I was shanghied, but that's all right I was shanghied, got a pretty little wife And I'm never leavin' home no more, never leavin' home no more OUTRO: Never leavin' home no more A sixties smash from Kraziekhat
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