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 still we go for our fathers,and we go for the lost,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 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, 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