Till the Clouds Rolled By

DESCRIPTION: "As I was going to school one day to learn my ABC, I jumped into a (Chinese/pirate) ship to sail the ocean seas." A Chinese man calls the singer a spy and demands a song. The singer sings nonsense (perhaps intended to be Chinese?)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Steve Gardham collection)
KEYWORDS: travel ship music nonsense injury | spy
FOUND IN: US(NE)
Roud #21972
RECORDINGS:
Alessandra Delia-Lôbo, Cameo Delia, "Till the Clouds Rolled By" (Piotr-Archive #385, recorded 12/18/2022)
NOTES [39 words]: Digging around the Internet for this revealed several versions of extremely various lengths, with little agreement on the texts. No one seems to know the ultimate source. The description is based mostly on the Piotr-Archive version. - RBW
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