Girl from Nagasaki - Popular 1910s Song - English Version

1 He is a captain. His homeland is Marseille He loves the thrill he gets in every bar fight He smokes his pipe, he drinks the strongest ale And he’s in love with a girl from Nagasaki 2 Leprosy left marks on her pale arms So she tattooed two dragons there to hide it And to a bar each night she comes to dance She is the prettiest girl in Nagasaki 3 Her chest is small, but there’s the sparkle in her eyes Her scarlet lips are moist like dew on poppies The captain is at sea for six long months And he’s in love with the girl from Nagasaki 4 He brings. The corals crimson as his blood For her. The silken blouse colored khaki But the greatest of the gifts that he has got Is passion for a girl from Nagasaki 5 The captain returned from distant lands But learned that rich man wearing suit of satin Smoked too much opium one night and after that He cut the throat of the girl from Nagasaki 6 Her chest is small, but there’s the sparkle in her eyes Her scarlet lips are moist like dew on poppies The captain leaves and goes far away Without seeing the girl from Nagasaki 7 Now years have passed, and when the sea is calm He sits at forecastle watching the horizon He smokes his pipe, and waits for sleep to come So, he can dream of a pretty girl from Nagasaki