Also recorded by: Tom Anderson; Ray Anthony Orch.; The Bachelors;
Benny Carter; Don Cherry; Ray Conniff; Sam Cooke; Eddie & the Showmen;
The Embers; Shelby Flint; John Gary; Engelbert Humperdinck;
Enoch Light; Dean Martin; Glenn Miller; Neal & Leandra; Willie Nelson;
Jay Patten & the Swing Noir Orch.; Donald Peers; Gene Pitney;
Frank Sinatra; Johnny Hammond Smith; Kate Smith; Springfields;
Lawrence Welk; Joe Wilder; Young-Holt Unlimited.
Far away places with strange-soundin' names
Far away over the sea
Those far away places with the strange-soundin' names
Are callin', callin' me
Goin' to China or maybe Siam
I want to see for myself
Those far away places I've been readin' about
In a book that I took from the shelf
I start gettin' restless whenever I hear
The whistle of a train
I pray for the day I can get underway
And look for those castles in Spain
They call me a dreamer, well maybe I am
But I know that I'm burnin' to see
Those far away places with the strange-soundin' names
Callin', callin' me
(I pray for the day when I'll find a way
Those far away places to see)
Those far away places with the strange-soundin' names
Callin', callin' me
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Lyrics submitted by Samantha.