Popular collaboration by composer Richard Whiting and lyricist Raymond Egan. THE JAPANESE SANDMAN (Words by Raymond B. Egan / Music by Richard A. Whiting, 1920) Won't you stretch imagination for the moment and come with me Let us hasten to a nation lying over the western sea Right behind the cherry blossoms here's a sight that will please your eyes There's a lady with a baby of Japan singing lullabies Hear her as she cries: "Here's the Japanese Sandman sneaking on with the dew just an old ...
