A popular song from 1915.
Words by Casper Nathan.
Music by J. Walter Leopold.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. My heart’s in Arabia tonight
Where stars shine bright on desert sand
Where the moon sends blessings with its light
From far above, oh, land of love
Chorus
Under the mellow Arabian moon
With an Arab maid in the desert shade
Humming a sweet Arabian tune
Turkish melodies floating on the breeze
Holding someone by the hand
In that far off desert land
Let me tell you that’s the way to spoon
Just get an Arab sweetheart
Under the mellow Arabian moon
Tell her pretty things, do your wanderings
Where cold December seems like June
You will be content in the Orient
You’ll find lots of pleasure there
Love and music in the air
Under the mellow Arabian moon
2. When the oriole high in the trees
Goes to its nest in search of rest
Then my fancy journeys o’er the seas
Thro’ desert sand to Arab land