Oriental Blues 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 June 2012
2012

If only I had
an oil lamp like Aladdin
with its mystic power
from his mystic bower,
I'd call old Genii to my side.
Precious stones nor riches
would not be my wishes,
But on bended knee
I would implore old Genii
to let my conscience be his guide.
I'm so lonely
and there's only
one place that will ease my mind.
It's that land
where gentle
oriental maidens you will find.

I've got those Oriental Blues,
I've got those Oriental Blues,
I like to take a trip
across the China Sea
to old Shanghai
and sip a cup of China tea
with poor Butterfly.
Then spend a day
at old Broadway
watching those Hindoo maidens sway
with a night's repose
where grows the Persian rose.
At dawn on an Arabian steed,
at an Arabian speed
let me whirl with a Bedouin girl,
Then in Cairo town
I'd like to settle down,
Oh, I've got those mysterious
doggone delicious
Oriental Blues.

I've got those Oriental Blues,
I've got those Oriental Blues,
I like to take a trip
across the China Sea
to old Shanghai
and sip a cup of China tea
with poor Butterfly.
Then spend a day
at old Broadway
watching those Hindoo maidens sway
with a night's repose
where grows the Persian rose.
At dawn on an Arabian steed,
at an Arabian speed
let me whirl with a Bedouin girl,
Then in Cairo town
I'd like to settle down,
Oh, I've got those mysterious
doggone delicious
Oriental Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Oriental Blues 1920
Music by Eubie Blake
Lyrics by Noble Sissle
© MCMXX by M.Witmark & Sons.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 15 June 2012 at 19.41
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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