Far away across the ocean, underneath an Indian star
Dwells the greatest living poet, on the coast of Malabar

In the harbour, where we anchored, we could hear him shout and scream
Asking for an egg from the co-op and a bowl of cold ice-cream

Chorus:
Fare thee well, bald little Sigi
Fare thee well, our lyric star
In our hearts you’ll live forever
On the coast of Malabar

Many an awful night he spent there, ’neath the palm trees green and tall
Many times his thoughts did wander back to yonder city hall

And his thoughts keep ever turning to that far-off distant shore
And to that blond haired girl who loved him, but he’ll see her never more

Chorus:
Fare thee well, bald little Sigi
Fare thee well, our lyric star
In our hearts you’ll live forever
On the coast of Malabar