Founded on the silent film The Sheik, 1921.
words and music by Jack O’Hagan
arranged by Maurice Guttridge
Appeared in J.& N. Tait & Bailey & Grants’ Pantomime Sinbad the Sailor in Australia. The timing of 200 bpm comes from a YouTube video of Jack O’Hagan singing and playing this song. Sheet music found online at the National Library of Australia.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Far out in distant Araby
There’s some one who’s waiting patiently
The day when I’ll be returning
To that land of mystery
Dark-eyed Arabians playing
As their horsemen are gently swaying
It’s a mem’ry there’s no resisting
So that’s soon why I will be
Chorus
In dreamy Araby, Araby
In that land of love and mystery
With my dark Arabian maid I’ll be
In dreamy Araby there I’ll see
All those wonderful sights
Of Arabian nights
In my dreamy Araby
- Nighttime comes softly stealing
With its message that’s so appealing
Gentle breezes with scent of Jasmine
In my dreamy Araby
Land where nights are enthralling
I can hear you so softly calling
With a call there’s no use resisting
So that’s soon why I will be
Sung here by Fred Feild: