From the film “The Secret Hour”, 1927.
Words by Irving Kahal and Francis Wheeler.
Music by Ted Snyder.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Jewels from over the land
All of these riches at my command
With each treasure I’d part
Just to live in your heart
Pleading here at your feet
Just like a beggar out on the street
He begs only for alms
I want all of your charms
Chorus
I’m the beggar who begs for only you
For your soul divine
For your love I pine
Let your heart be pressed
To my throbbing breast
You possess that happiness
That I beg of you
- No gem Allah may prize
Shines like the lovelight deep in your eyes
You’re my wonderful one
You are gold from the sun
In this wild Orient
I see a beggar’s raggedy tent
I find happiness there
While my palace is bare