The Streets of Cairo

Or The Poor Little Country Maid, 1895
words and music by James Thornton

This song is associated with the Chicago World’s Exposition of 1893.

The sheet music:

The-Streets-of-Cairo – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by “Perfessor” Bill Edwards:

The Streets of Cairo – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. I will sing you a song
    And it won’t be very long
    ‘Bout a maiden sweet
    And she never would do wrong
    Everyone said she was pretty
    She was not long in the city
    All alone, oh, what a pity
    Poor little maid

Chorus
She never saw the streets of Cairo
On the Midway she had never strayed
She never saw the kutchy, kutchy
Poor little country maid

  1. She went out one night
    Did this innocent divine
    With a nice young man
    Who invited her to dine
    Now he’s sorry that he met her
    And he never will forget her
    In the future he’ll know better
    Poor little maid
  2. She was engaged
    As a picture for to pose
    To appear each night
    In abbreviated clothes
    All the dudes were in a flurry
    For to catch her they did hurry
    One who caught her now is sorry
    Poor little maid

Chorus
She was much fairer far than Trilby
Lots of more men sorry will be
If they don’t try to keep away
From this poor little country maid

Sung here by Fred Feild: