Rasa sayang Eh Rasa sayang sayang eh Hey lihat nona jauh Rasa sayang sayang eh Rasa sayang eh Sayang Once upon a time there were only trees And a lion or two enjoying the breeze Then a boat arrived one sunny day And human beings were here to stay Well the king of the jungle couldn't really complain He got the whole damn island named after him And as for the lions here's news for you You can see their descendents at the Mandai Zoo The island since has come very far All thanks to the man named Utama No we couldn't forget him if we tried Eh what about Raffles (We love that guy) So here we are having so much fun Can hardly believe this was a jungle once Sometimes I can still hear the lion's roar going Singa Singa Pore One, Two sing Rasa sayang Eh Rasa sayang sayang eh Hey lihat nona jauh Rasa sayang sayang eh Now we can explain in a little while This is not an ordinary tropical isle Everything we have has to be the best Of the fabulous East and the wonderful West Of all the things we've got that's good At the top of everybody's list is FOOD We've got prata (from Indian) Mee Pok (from Chinese) so sedap What about the ketupat (from Malays) at the Satay Club