- I'm a Portuguese sailor
With an eye for a pretty girl
Spent seven years on a whaler
Had a good time around the world
When I landed in Macao
She was standing upon the shore
I should never have left Bilboa
'Cause I won't see it anymore
Chorus
Oh Macao, oh Macao
I should never have left Bilboa
'Cause I won't see it anymore
Oh her hair was black as midnight
And her lips, they were red as wine
Her eyes, they flashed like lightning
And I swore I would make her mine
So I jumped ship in Macao
All because of a pretty face
I chased her until she caught me
In the prison of her embrace
Chorus
Oh Macao, oh Macao
I chased her until she caught me
In the prison of her embrace
Now I live here in Macao
And never put out to sea
A man doesn't do much sailing
When he's stuck with a family
Chorus
Oh Macao, oh Macao
A man doesn't do much sailing
When he's stuck with a family
Source: Criterion's Hawaiian
Sing-a-Song Lyric Book © 1967 Granite Music Corp. Recorded by Don Ho, Sonny Chillingsworth
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