Composed expressly for the annual ball and show “A Night in the Orient”
a 1922 popular song
words by C. P. McDonald
music by Thomas Hughes
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Where the night winds blew light
O’er the desert vast and bright
Came an Arab sheik to woo a maid
As he went to her tent
Prayers to Allah first he sent
And then sang low
While the tom-toms gently played
Chorus
Fateema dear, I am here
Waiting for you to come join my caravan
Oh, hear my plea, queen you’ll be
In the harem of your loving Arab man
See my camel’s here, the way is clear
My heart is light, Fateema
I’m bringing my love and singing
‘Neath the desert moon of Ramadam tonight
- O’er the sand to the land
Of the Calif, hand in hand
We will ride and woo upon the way
And I swear, maiden fair
By the sacred Koran there
You’ll rule my shelluh tribemen day by day
Sung here by Fred Feild: