By chance I have just come across this thread.

Chris Miller and I did indeed record this song way back in the 80's.

Basically I picked up part of the song somewhere along the way on our musical tours in Scotland. It emerged that it had a connection with the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders regiment when they were stationed in Shanghai a long time ago.

I wrote to the regimental magazine who published an article about it, and an old soldier came forward with all the words, and the whole story behind the song.

We then recoded the song using Northumbrian Small pipes, and fiddle, and an enormous Chinese Gong that we hired.

It become a big hit as part of our live sets traveling round the country, and even today is still get letters from families who have picked it up saying their grandfathers used to sing it.

Some of the wording may not be politically correct these days, but I didn't write it, and in a way we were tipping our hats to the older generation of soldiers whom we respect.

If anyone is interested they can contact me at www.linskenscotland.scot

Ken Campbell