GEISHA GIRL
(Lawton Williams)

Hank Locklin - 1957
Hank Snow - 1963
Sandy Nelson (Instr.) - 1963
Roy Drusky - 1965
Dave Dudley - 1966
Nick Lowe - 1988

Also recorded by:
Johnny Duncan; Daniel O'Donnell; Ernest Tubb; Bob Luman.


Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't understand,
Were you ever in a teahouse, on the island of Japan.
And have you ever travelled over many thousand miles
To see a pretty geisha girl, dressed in oriental style.

They've read it in the tealeaves, and it's written in the sand,
I found love by the heartful, in a foreign, distant land.
Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone who's true I know.
I love a pretty geisha girl where the ocean breezes blow.

I have stood and watched the sunrise, by the waters of the sea,
And wondered how much beauty in this whole world can there be.
My dreams are all worth dreamin', and it makes my life worth while,
To see a pretty geisha girl, dressed in oriental sytle.

They've read it in the tealeaves, and it's written in the sand,
I found love by the heartful, in a foreign, distant land.
Tell the home folks that I'm happy with someone who's true I know.
I love a pretty geisha girl where the ocean breezes I have blow.


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - July 2005)