In The Valley Of The Nile

A popular song from 1915.
Words by Dave Radford.
Music by Richard A. Whiting.

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

1. Down where the Nile flows so dreamily
   Where Cleopatra met Anthony
   There’s a sweet Egyptian maid
   Who is waiting patiently
   And in my dreams I seem to see her waiting there
   There never bloomed a tropic flow’r so rare
   I hear her calling plaintively
   “Come back, my love, to me”

Chorus
Where the dreamy Nile is flowing
She’s waiting there for me
Waiting thro’ the lonely hours
There beside the lotus flow’rs
But she knows just how my heart is yearning
To kiss her, I miss her own sweet smile
Someday my caravans will cross the desert sands
And take me to my dark-eyed sweetheart
Down in the Valley of the Nile

2. The moon shines bright on the pyramids
   The lotus flowers have closed their lids
   Thro’ the bright Egyptian night
   I can hear her calling me
   The dreamy river whispers to her of my love
   The night-birds sing a welcome from above
   My heart is longing constantly
   I’d give the world to be

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