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
Never leavin' home no more
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat