A Song of the Desert, an Oriental Ballad, 1916
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert
Music by Dave Lee
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. ‘Neath the Pyramids at night
Shadows of a pale moonlight
A desert man with aching heart
He leaves his queen, ’tis hard to part
Into the night goes the Caravan’s light
And soon he’s out of sight
CHORUS
In a little Caravan
A little Arab man goes on his way
‘Mid Shadowland of the desert sand
She pictures his return some day
Where the river Nile is flowing
Trinkets he’ll be showing
An Egyptian wedding tune
A happy honeymoon
In a little dusty Caravan
2. Oriental skies are blue
Sentimental eyes are too
The desert man he took his leave
And told his queen, she must not grieve
But now her eyes are wet with tears
Her days they seem like years