Hong Kong Blues Lyrics

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Cover art for Hong Kong Blues lyrics by Hoagy Carmichael

As I suspected:

from http://corbiniansbear.blogspot.ca :

"Now, "kicking old Buddha's gong" was not some transgression at the local temple, as the Bear had always thought.

"Kicking the gong" was slang at the time for visiting an opium den."

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