A Son of the Desert Am I

A 1889 popular song
words by John P. Wilson
music by Walter A. Phillips

The sheet music:

A-Son-of-the-Desert-Am-I – Sheet MusicDownload

Lyrics

  1. A son of the desert am I
    The iron clad hoofs of my horse spurn the sand
    The wide spreading desert is peaceful and grand
    My good lance at rest, at my side hangs my brand
    My brave Arab comrades come at my command
    For a son of the desert am I

None so dauntless and free
On land or on sea
For a son of the desert am I
None so dauntless and free
On land or on sea
For a son of the desert am I

  1. I scoff at the Sybarite’s case so secure
    Luxurious life I could never endure
    ‘Tis freedom I love, though the world be obscure
    The desert’s wild grandeur alone can allure
    For a son of the desert am I

None so dauntless and free
On land or on sea
For a son of the desert am I
None so dauntless and free
On land or on sea
For a son of the desert am I

  1. And I know that Zulica again awaits in her tent
    The fairest in all the sunkiss’d Orient
    Whose form has the grace of the palm heaven-sent
    She will welcome her love
    When the storm-cloud is spent
    For a son of the desert am I
    For a son of the desert am I

None so dauntless and free
On land or on sea
For a son of the desert am I
None so dauntless and free
On land or on sea
For a son of the desert am I

Sung here by Fred Feild: