“In Hong Kong
They strike a gong
And fire off a noonday gun
To reprimand
Each inmate
Who's in late.”
Noel Coward (1899–1973) English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1930)
“It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
Who got arrested down in Old Hong Kong
He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him
When he kicked old Buddha's gong.”
Song: Hong Kong Blues http://www.lyricsvault.eu/songs/19573.html (1939).
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