Perry Como - Far Away Places

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 wanna see for myself . . .
Those far away places, I've been readin' about,
in a book that I took from a shelf . . .

I start gettin' restless whenever I hear
the whistle of a train . . .
I pray for the day I can get under way
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 . . .

Words and Music by Alex Kramer
and Joan Whitney, 1948
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 wanna see for myself . . .
Those far away places, I've been readin' about,
in a book that I took from a shelf . . .

I start gettin' restless whenever I hear
the whistle of a train . . .
I pray for the day I can get under way
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 . . .

Words and Music by Alex Kramer
and Joan Whitney, 1948
1949 HITS ARCHIVE: Far Away Places - Perry Como

Far Away Places (Whitney-Kramer) by Perry Como, orchestra conducted by Henri Rene (CD audio source) This is one of three top-10 recordings of the early 1949 ballad hit "Far Away Places" (see...

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Teresa Brewer - Far Away Places (1963)

Released on the 1963 album, "Moments to Remember". This song was a hit for both Bing Crosby and Perry Como in the '40's. Written by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer.

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