An Oriental phantasy from 1919.
Words and music by Glad. Forster.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When the sun sinks in the West
And the night begins to fall
New moon in silver garb is dressed
And enchantment hovers over all, and
Chorus
Oriental music fills the air
Maidens so bewitching
They steal your heart away there
With dreamy eyes entrancing ev’rywhere
In fascinating Cleopatra’s Land
Patter Chorus
Oriental songs and dances
Sweet Egyptian smiles and glances
Ev’ry pretty maiden there is happy as can be
As they pass the lazy hours
‘Mid perfume of lotus flowers
They will steal your little heart away
See the moon come out in all its glory
As they tell love’s olden story
There among the shadows of the Pyramids so grand
In captivating, fascinating Cleopatra’s land
Some land!
- Soon the hours steal far away
In that fair Egyptian land
Its charm enfolds you more each day
As you dream up on that golden strand, and
Sung here by Vancha March: