As that was a dueling age,

But this gay cavalier, he quite scorned the idea

Of putting himself in a rage;

More wise by far, he put up his guitar,

And as homeward he went, sung he,

“When a lady elopes down a ladder of ropes,

She may go to Hong Kong for me.”

} Repeat.

She may go, she may go,

She may go to Hong Kong for me.