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No. 4 - Song - Cunningham - The dear little Jappy-Jap-Jappy
| Cunningham: | There came to the land of Japan To the seaport of fair Nagasaki, From an island afar Such a jolly Jack Tar, With his hornpipe, his grog and his baccy! Now it chanced that he picked up a fan For a dear little Japanese party, And he turned her young head When he gallantly said: You're a trim little vessel, my hearty! So that dear little Jappy, Jap, Jappy, Set her smart little cappy, cap, cappy At that jolly Jack Tar From the island afar In the West of the mappy, map, mappy! |
| Geisha: | So that dear little Jappy, Jap, Jappy, Set her smart little cappy, cap, cappy |
| Cunningham: | At that jolly Jack Tar From the island afar |
| All: | In the West of the mappy, map, mappy! |
| Cunningham: | They walk'd in the shade of the trees In the garden of fair Nagasaki, And her cheeks they were pink At the nautical wink And the maritime manners of Jacky! Though the Tar couldn't speak Japanese, Yet in English he asked her to marry, Then she crept to his side And her fan opened wide As she murmured: Hai! Kashikomari! But he knew not a scrappy, scrap, scrappy Of the language of Jappy, Jap, Jappy Had she told him to go With a Japanese No! Or with Yes made him happy, hap, happy? |
| Geisha: | But he knew not a scrappy, scrap, scrappy Of the language of Jappy, Jap, Jappy [Cunningham:] Had she told him to go With a Japanese No! |
| All: | Or with Yes made him happy, hap, happy? |
| Cunningham: | So Jack has departed in doubt From that maiden of fair Nagasaki: Tho' he wept and he sighed At the loss of a bride, Till the captain and crew thought him cracky. And he vows, as he cruises about, Though by lessons and books as a rule bored, That all seamen A. B.'s Should be taught Japanese, By a rather too liberal School Board! But that dear little Jappy, Jap, Jappy, She has filled up the gappy, gap, gappy And has chosen instead To be happily wed To a Japanese chappy, chap, chappy! |
| Geisha: | But that dear little Jappy, Jap, Jappy, She has filled up the gappy, gap, gappy |
| Cunningham: | And has chosen instead To be happily wed |
| All: | To a Japanese chappy, chap, chappy! |
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Page modified 4 December 2016