[Chorus:]
Hail, hail, hail, all hail,
Hail, hail, hail, all hail,
Hail the sacred Emperor.
Hail, hail, hail, all hail,
Hail the sacred, sacred Emperor.
[Emperor:]
Oh yes, oh yes,
[Chorus:]
Oh yes, oh yes,
[Emperor:]
I must confess,
[Chorus:]
He must confess,
[Emperor:]
I'm the very delectable
Highly respectable Emperor Hang Chow.
[Chorus:]
The very delectable
Highly respectable Emperor Hang Chow.
[Emperor:]
And this is the hand that seeks a mate
The hand of the worthy potentate
The very delectable highly respectable
Emperor Hang Chow.
[Chorus:]
The very delectable
Highly respectable Emperor Hang Chow.
[Emperor:]
And this is the warm and gushing heart
That yearns to play a loving part
That goes with the hand that seeks a mate
The hand of the worthy potentate
The very delectable highly respectable
Emperor Hang Chow.
[Chorus:]
The very delectable
Highly respectable Emperor Hang Chow.
[Emperor:]
And this is the smile so soft and sleek
That proves a nature mild and meek
That illumins the warm and gushing heart
That yearns to play a loving part
That goes with the hand that seeks a mate
The hand of the worthy potentate
The very delectable highly respectable
Emperor Hang Chow.
[Chorus:]
That very delectable
Highly respectable Emperor Hang Chow.
[Emperor:]
And this the over-flowing purse
without which life would be a curse
that induces the smile so soft and sleek
That proves a nature mild and meek
That illumins the warm and gushing heart
That yearns to play a loving part
That goes with the hand that seeks a mate
The hand of the worthy potentate
The very delectable highly respectable
Emperor Hang Chow.
[Chorus:]
That very delectable
Highly respectable Emperor Hang Chow.
[Emperor:]
And this the marriage settlement
That gives my bride and her descent
The charge of the over-flowing purse
without which life would be a curse
that induces the smile so soft and sleek
That proves a nature mild and meek
That illumins the warm and gushing heart
That yearns to play a loving part
That goes with the hand that seeks a mate
The hand of the worthy potentate
The very delectable highly respectable
Emperor Hang Chow.
[Chorus:]
That very delectable
Highly respectable Emperor Hang Chow.