A 1948 popular song.
Words and music by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Far away places with strange soundin’ names
Far away over the sea
Those far away places with strange soundin’ names
Are callin’, calling’ me
Goin’ to China or maybe Siam
I wanna see for myself
Those far away places I’ve been readin’ about
In a book that I took from a shelf
I start gettin’ restless
Whenever I hear the whistle of a train
I pray for the day I can get under way
And look for those castles in Spain
They call me a dreamer, well, maybe I am
But I know that I’m burnin’ to see
Those far away places with strange soundin’ names
Callin’, calling’ me