Shanghai
Near your sunny sky
I see you now
Soft music on the breeze
Singing through the cherry trees –
Dream of Delight
You and the tropic night!
I found that distant Easternland a Paradise
Beneath the spell of two dear almond eyes!
Shanghai, Shanghai
Longing for you
All the day to Shanghai –
Shanghai, how could I know
I did miss you so?
There in the land of Mimosa
Someone with eyes so true
Waits there in Shanghai –
Shanghai, land of my dreams and you!
Shanghai ferne Jugendzeit
Wie bist du weit!
Was macht die kleine Frau –
Lisa bist du alt und grau?
Liebt' dich einst heiß!
Heut' sind die Schläfen grau
Es wird bald Frühling
Und die Lotusblühen blühen
Doch von der Lieb'
Bleibt nur ein Foxtrottlied!
Shanghai, Shanghai
Longing for you
All the day to Shanghai –
Shanghai, How could I know
I did miss you so?
There in the land of Mimosa
Someone with eyes so true
Waits there in Shanghai –
Shanghai, land of my dreams and you!