Shanghaied

I've played around in China town passing 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 tater
I was shanghaied on an ocean freighter
And I wanna get back to shore
Back to the go go show

They'd throwed me off in old Hong Kong
And put me on my own
Not a penny in my pockets, ten thousand miles from home
And that's a mighty long way from home

And I was shanghaied in old Hong Kong
I was shanghaied I was all alone
I was shanghaied I wanna get back home
Back to the go go show
Back to the go go show

Well, I worked for my grub on an old dirt stub
And I wound up in LA
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 my life
I was shanghaied but that's alright
I was shanghaied I got a pretty little wife
And I'm never leaving home no more
I'm never leaving home no more...

Trivia about the song Shanghaied by Mel Tillis

When was the song “Shanghaied” released by Mel Tillis?
The song Shanghaied was released in 1962, on the album “Heart Over Mind and Other Big Country Hits”.

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