a 1922 popular song
words by C.P. McDonald
music by Thomas Hughes
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- In the land of Pharoah lived a maid
Whom the natives called the queen of dance
While the reeds and hautboys nightly played
Came an Arab sheik with his romance
Softly rose his voice upon the air
As this chieftain wooed his lady fair
Chorus
Beshebara, Beshebara, fairest maid of Egyptland
Won’t you come and dance for me
Where the Nile flows to the sea
Where the palm sways and the breeze plays
Beshebara, Beshebara, let me take you by the hand
To my tent out there, Beshebara fair
Where you’ll rule my Arab band
- When the crescent moon comes o’er the hill
In the shadow of the mosque I’ll be
While the whole world sleeps and all is still
Then I know that you will come to me
On my Arab steed away we’ll fly
Moslem love like ours can never die
Sung here by Fred Feild: