From the musical play “East Is West”, 1919.
Words and music by Robert Hood Bowers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
Sing song, sing song, so Hop Toy
Allee same like China boy
But he sellee girl with joy
Pity poor Ming Toy
Sing song, sing song, so Hop Toy
Allee same like China boy
But he sellee girl with joy
Pity poor Ming Toy
A ripple I seem
On life’s mystic stream
Tossed at the waters’ will
So I dare dream I’ll be
Like the poor ripple, free
When the troubled waters grow still
Sung here by Fred Feild: