# "King of Siam" song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-siam-song/916222 "2020-07-24T15:08:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-siam-song/916222/1 "2020-07-24T15:08:58Z")
The one that goes “I am the King of Siam; yes I am” to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance song. All Google could tell me is that someone else somewhere in the world had heard this too because it was quoted with no context on a website on an unrelated topic. Does anyone have a source for this? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-siam-song/916222/2 "2020-07-24T15:14:40Z")
The only “Siam” song I know which is even close to that is by Spike Jones. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NFa2PqfCoQI/maxresdefault.jpg "Siam") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFa2PqfCoQI) ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-siam-song/916222/3 "2020-07-24T19:39:04Z")
There’s “Old Siam, Sir” by McCartney and Wings on the Back to the Egg album, but I don’t imagine that’s the one you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-siam-song/916222/4 "2020-07-25T23:25:45Z")
I’m quite sure it’s not the song you’re looking for, but here’s another one with that theme, Frank Black and the Catholics’ “King And Queen Of Siam”. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-DVcol0fR_o/hqdefault.jpg ""King & Queen of Siam" - Frank Black and the Catholics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DVcol0fR_o) ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-siam-song/916222/5 "2020-07-26T15:24:06Z")
My thought was the poem “Dynastic Tiff”, by Geoffrey Hellman: “Oh I am the King of Siam, I am! With cunning I rule from Bangkok. The King of Bagdad is a sham, a sham, While _I_ am the King of Siam. (I am.)…” etc. The whole thing can be found [here](https://archive.org/stream/anthologyoflight030049mbp/anthologyoflight030049mbp_djvu.txt) (search for “Siam”). ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-siam-song/916222/6 "2020-07-26T17:45:51Z")
That’s as close as anything I’ve found so far. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-siam-song/916222/7 "2026-08-26T14:06:41Z")
Update: Google came up with a link to the following; the lyrics do seem to somewhat match the cadence of the Mexican Hat Dance song. I am the King of Siam, Siam! I dote on wine, women and ham, And ham! My hams are my own And in my own home I am the King of Siam, Siam! —BOWERY FOLK SONG.