A 1919 popular song.
Words by R. H. Burnside.
Music by Raymond Hubbell.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Sing Song Lee was a cute chinee
And she worked in her father’s shop
She sang all day in her Chinese way
‘Till a Mandarin chanced to stop
At the window where he began to stare
Then went in to buy some tea
But he lost his head and his heart instead
The moment he met Sing Song Lee
Refrain:
My Sing Song girl
(Pletty sing Pletty song lik-ee Sing Song)
My Hong Kong Pearl
(Pletty girl Pletty pearl like-ee Hong Kong)
You know how much I admire you
I’ll show how much I desire you
Won’t you belong to me
(Pletty name pletty game lik-ee Ping Pong)
My brain’s a-whirl
(All-ee same much-ee blame like-ee Hop-sticks)
My heart I hurl
(Pletty soon honeymoon like-ee Chopstick)
I want my arms around you
I’m glad, so glad I found you
My pearl of the Orient
My Sing Song Girl
2. Mandarin, who had vowed to win
This cute little Chinese maid
Told her Chinese Pa and her Chinese Ma
And much gold for her he paid
Soon without a doubt Chinese bells rang out
And the people sang with glee
In their Chinese way, on the wedding day
Of the Mandarin and Sing Song Lee