Historic Sheet Music Collection
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Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_8831-Chinatown-my-Chinatown
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_bobby-maxwell-and-his-swinging-harps-william-jerome-gene-sch_gbia0016688a
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_firehouse-five-plus-two-jean-schwartz-william-jerome-harper_gbia0030856a
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_louis-armstrong-and-his-orchestra-schwartz-jerome_gbia0038431b
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_borrah-minevitch-and-his-harmonica-rascals-jerome-schwartz_gbia0035228a
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_geordie-hormel-jerome-schwartz_gbia0001226a
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_glen-gray-and-the-casa-loma-orchestra-jerome-schwartz_gbia0013991b
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_louis-armstrong-and-his-orchestra-schwartz-jerome_gbia0031637b
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_louis-prima-and-his-orchestra-louis-prima-schwartz-jerome_gbia0003798a
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_slim-and-slam-jerome-schwartz_gbia0001583b
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_tom--dan-jerome-schwartz_gbia0006331a
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_tommy-dorsey-and-his-clambake-seven-wm-jerome-jean-schwart_gbia0016496b
https://archive.org/details/78_chinatown-my-chinatown_william-jerome-gene-schwartz-bobby-maxwell-and-his-swinging_gbia0000831aPublication Date
1910
Lyrics
[Verse 1] When the town is fast asleep,
And it’s midnight in the sky,
That’s the time the festive Chink
Starts to wink his other eye,
Starts to wink his dreamy eye,
Lazily you’ll hear him sigh.
[Chorus]
Chinatown, my Chinatown,
Where the lights are low,
Hearts that know no other land,
Drifting to and fro,
Dreamy, dreamy Chinatown,
Almond eyes of brown,
Hearts seems light and life seems bright
In dreamy Chinatown
[Verse 2]
Stranger taking in the sights,
Pigtails flying here and there;
See that broken Wall Street sport
Still thinks he’s a millionaire,
Still thinks he’s a millionaire,
Pipe dreams banish ev’ry care.
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Schwartz, Jean and Jerome, W. M., "Chinatown My Chinatown" (1910). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1346.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1346
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
MacIntosh Collection
New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., ©1910.
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