SO LONG OO-LONG (HOW LONG YOU GONNA BE GONE)
(Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby,   1920)


Ming Toy loved a boy, 
Happy little Japanee; 
Oo-long was his name, 
Set her heart a flame. 
One day he say, "Soon I gotta go away;" 
When he leave Ming Toy grieve;
Everybody hear her say:

Days fly quickly by, 
Turning into lonely years; 
Tho' the nights are long, 
Ming Toy's faith is strong. 
She kneels and feels, 
That she doesn't pray in vain; 
Whispers "Oo I love you, Ming Toy wants you back again."

"So long! Oo-long, how long you gonna be gone?
Your little Japanee, 
Will be waiting underneath the bamboo tree; 
So don't be too long, 
Oo-long I'll long while you're away 
Waiting for the day when you'll come back to me. 
I'll sit and sigh, 'Neath the Oriental sky, 
Each day that I am left a lone In Naki Saki. 
So long! Oo-Long, How long you goin' to roam? 
Please don't be too long 
Oo-long, so long hurry back home."