a 1922 popular song
words and music by Sid Caine and Sam Gold
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Night in far off Cairo Land
Across the desert sand
The world is sound asleep
And shadows creeping find
A lonely maiden there
Who offers up a prayer
For someone who broke her heart
Now they’re apart, her teardrops start
For she is lonely, she’s sighing
Chorus
Moon, Oh! Cairo Moon above me
Moon, can he be thinking of me?
And wherever he may be
Bring him back to me
Though his way is long and dreary
Send a ray to make it cheery
Won’t you guard him from all harms
Till he’s safely in my arms
Tell him that beneath the palms
He’ll find me, Cairo Moon
- There from out the River Nile
In all its regal style
The dawn is peeping through
And creeping though
The sun in all its glory rare
Still finds the maiden fair
Who though the hour is late
Awaits her fate to find her mate
She’s hoping sadly, still sighing
Sung here by Fred Feild: