SINGAPORE SALLY
From the film "The Wild Party" (1975)


Raquel Welch (Film Soundtrack) - 1975





Singapore Sally lived in an alley
Down by Malaya Bay
The story of her life, her trouble and her strife
She happened to tell me one day

Sing-Sing-Singapore Sally
Life gave her quite a shove
Sing-Sing-Singapore Sally
She was waitin' for her long lost love

Sally was stuck on a sailor named Chuck
A stoker who worked on an oiler
His face was kinda dumb and his tenor kinda glum
But she liked the way he stoked the boiler

Then one day he sailed away
Leaving her in a sea of tears
He said he'd come back soon, in April, May or June
Now she's been waitin' fourteen years
Oh, ain't it tragic

Sing-Sing-Singapore Sally
Life gave her quite a shove
Sing-Sing-Singapore Sally
She was waitin' for her long lost love

Sally grew rich at a feverish pitch
Sables and diamonds, she had 'em
Things were so grand she decided to expand
So Sally turned from Miss to Madam

And now she's got a cute house of ill repute
The biggest in the Malaya State
And Sally says it's clear there is a moral here
Good things come to those who wait for long lost lovers

Sing-Sing-Singapore Sally
Life gave her quite a shove
Sing-Sing-Singapore Sally
She was waitin' for her long lost love

Sing-Sing-Singapore Sally
Life gave her quite a shove
Sing-Sing-Singapore Sally
She was waitin' for her long lost love







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2011)