On a Slow Boat to China

Well, I was young when I set out
 I can hardly remember
 Oh, the tales that I could tell you
 If I only could remember
 And the fog it is drumming
 And the new world is coming
 Oh, this song I will be humming
 When the words won't come out
 On a slow boat to China
 I will be, I will be
 In the sea, when we get there
 We will see what will be
 On a slow boat to China
 I will be, I will be
 We will see when we get there
 What will be
 Now I'm old, I am weathered
 My beard is long and white
 I have seen many crawling winters
 On this sleepy ark
 And still we go for our fathers
 We go for the lost
 And still we go ever on
 Into the common dark
 On a slow boat to China
 I will be, I will be
 In the sea, when we get there
 We will see what will be
 On a slow boat to China
 I will be, I will be
 We will see when we get there
 What will be
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 On a slow boat to China, I will be
 I will be, I will be
 On a slow boat to China, I will be
 In the sea, we will see
 On a slow boat to China, I will be
 I will be, I will be
 On a slow boat to China, I will be
 We will see what will be
 On a slow boat to China
 I will be, I will be
 We will see when we get there
 What will be