Zuleika

X:19280
T:Zuleika
S:Digital Tradition, zulika
D:Recorded by Oscar Brand
Z:dt:zulika
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
W:Zuleika was fair to see,
W:A fair Persian maiden was she;
W:She lived in Baghdad
W:Where all men were bad,
W:But nine was so bad as she.
W:
W:Her husband was very old,
W:With millions in silver and gold.
W:He kept her locked in, away from all sin,
W:For Persians are very bold.
W:He kept her locked in, away from all sin,
W:For Persians are very bold.
W:
W:On her head she wore a turban,
W:Which came from the looms of Iran.
W:Where no one could see she kept a small key,
W:Which she threw out again and again.
W:Where no one could see she kept a small key,
W:Which she threw out again and again.
W:
W:The first time she threw the key out,
W:It fell by the old water spout.
W:She sighed and she cried as the door opened wide
W:And in walked her lover, Mahout.
W:She sighed and she cried as the door opened wide
W:And in walked her lover, Mahout.
W:
W:The next time she threw out the key,
W:It fell by the old banyan tree.
W:She sighed and she cried as the door opened wide
W:And in walked her lover, Ali.
W:She sighed and she cried as the door opened wide
W:And in walked her lover, Ali.
W:
W:She threw out the key once again,
W:Expecting her love, Suleiman.
W:She sighed and she cried and she virtually died
W:As in walked a whole caravan.
W:She sighed and she cried and she virtually died
W:As in walked a whole caravan.
W:
W:The leader then bowed his head low,
W:And waited her wishes to know.
W:"The most of you stay," Zuleika did say,
W:"But the children and camels must go. "
W:"The most of you stay," Zuleika did say,
W:"But the children and camels must go."
K:C
E2 |A,2 A,2 C2|E2- D2 C2|E-C- B,4-|B,4 B,2|\
D2 D2 F2|A2 G2 F2|A-F- E4-|E4 E2|
A2 G2 F2|E4 E2|G2 F2 E2|D-A- A2 F2|\
A2 A,2 C2|E2- C2 B,2|C-B,- A,4-|A,4 ||

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• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/LesterBailey/melnets_big_abc_file/15739
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/atrilcoral.com/x-y-z/0340
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/zu/Zuleika_1/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melodeon.net/melnets_big_abc_file/15739
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/mucl.de/~mdoering/dt-songs/0240

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