Burl Ives — Shanghaied

I played around in Chinatown Just a-passin' time away When blackjack red hit me in the head And when I woke up next day, I was many miles away I was shanghaied on an ocean freighter I was shanghaied eatin’ beans and taters I was shanghaied on an ocean freighter And I wanna get back to shore, back to the Gold Coast Shore They threw 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 shanghaied in old Hong Kong I was shanghaied, I was all alone I was shanghaied, wanna get back homе Back to the Gold Coast Shore, back to the Gold Coast Shorе I worked for grub on an old Dutch tub Wound up in L.A Where a pretty little girl took me on a whirl And when I woke up next day, when I woke up next day... I was shanghaied for the rest of my life I was shanghaied, but that's all right I was shanghaied, got a pretty little wife And I’m never leavin' home no more, never leavin' home no more