Shanghied

I played around in chinatown
Just a-passin' time away
When black jack 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 throwed 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 home
Back to the gold coast shore, back to the gold coast shore.

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.