Sahara 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Oct 2008
2008

In the land of pyramids
lived a sweet Egyptian maid,
Dreamy eyes and drooping lids.
Where the desert sunlight played
and every evening in that caravan
There was a man,
Young Texas Dan.
When she'd dismount,
to her camel he ran,
There along the sand they'd stray
And in the moonlight clear and bright,
he'd hold her hand and say:

My sweet Sahara, Sara,
Sweet Sahara Jane,
I don't know your name,
but this goes just the same,
by every camel's hair
I swear that I'll be square
with my sweet Sahara, Sara Jane.

My sweet Sahara, Sara,
Sweet Sahara Jane,
I don't know your name,
but this goes just the same,
by every camel's hair
I swear that I'll be square
with my sweet Sahara, Sara Jane.

If you'll roll my cigarettes
I'll smoke one with every breath,
And I'll never have regrets
If I smoke myself to death.
But you must ride on a camel said she
Will you agree,
and then said he,
That's better, dear,
than the Erie for me,
and I'd ride on that for you.
The maiden sighed
and blushed with pride,
as he replied, that's true.

My sweet Sahara, Sara,
Sweet Sahara Jane,
I don't know your name,
but this goes just the same,
by every camel's hair
I swear that I'll be square
with my sweet Sahara, Sara Jane.

My sweet Sahara, Sara,
Sweet Sahara Jane,
I don't know your name,
but this goes just the same,
by every camel's hair
I swear that I'll be square
with my sweet Sahara, Sara Jane.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sahara 1908
Music by Egbert van Alstyne
Lyrics by Harry Williams
© MCMVIII by Jerome H.Remick & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 28 October 2008 at 21.57
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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