Lyrics Ahab, The Arab - Ray Stevens
Let
me
tell
you
'bout
Ahab
The
Arab
The
Sheik
of
the
burning
sand
He
had
emeralds
and
rubies
just
dripping
off
'a
him
And
a
ring
on
every
finger
of
his
hands
He
wore
a
big
ol'
turban
wrapped
around
his
head
And
a
scimitar
by
his
side
And
every
evening
about
midnight
He'd
jump
on
his
camel
named
Clyde...
and
ride
Spoken
Silently
through
the
night
to
the
sultan's
tent
where
he
would
secretly
meet
up
with
Fatima
of
the
Seven
Veils,
swingingest
grade
"A"
number
one
U.S.
choice
dancer
in
the
Sultan's
whole
harem,
'cause,
heh,
him
and
her
had
a
thing
going.
You
know,
and
they'd
been
carrying
on
for
some
time
now
behind
the
Sultan's
back
and
you
could
hear
him
talk
to
his
camel
as
he
rode
out
across
the
dunes,
his
voice
would
cut
through
the
still
night
desert
air
and
he'd
say
(imitate
Arabian
speech)
which
is
arabic
for,
"stop,
Clyde!"
and
Clyde
would
say,
(imitate
camel
voice).
Which
is
camel
for,
"What
the
heck
did
he
say
anyway?"
Well...
He
brought
that
camel
to
a
screeching
halt
At
the
rear
of
Fatima's
tent
jumped
off
Clyde,
Snuck
around
the
corner
and
into
the
tent
he
went
There
he
saw
Fatima
laying
on
a
Zebra
skin
rug
Wearing
rings
on
her
fingers
and
bells
on
her
toes
And
a
bone
in
her
nose
ho,
ho.
Spoken
There
she
was
friends
lying
there
in
all
her
radiant
beauty.
Eating
on
a
raisin,
grape,
apricot,
pomegranate,
bowl
of
chitterlings,
two
bananas,
three
Hershey
bars,
sipping
on
a
"R
C"
Co-Cola
listening
to
her
transistor,
watching
the
Grand
Ole
Opry
on
the
tube
reading
the
Mad
magazine
while
she
sung,
"Does
your
chewing
gum
lose
it's
flavor?"
and
Ahab
walked
up
to
her
and
he
said,
(imitate
Arabian
speech)
which
is
arabic
for,
"Let's
twist
again
like
we
did
last
summer,
baby."
(laughter)
You
know
what
I
mean!
Whew!
She
looked
up
at
him
from
off
the
rug,
give
him
one
of
the
sly
looks,
she
said,
(coy,
girlish
laugh)
"Crazy
baby".
'Round
and
around
and
around
and
around...
etc.
And
that's
the
story
'bout
Ahab
the
Arab
The
Sheik
of
the
Burnin'
sand
Ahab
the
Arab
The
swinging
Sheik
of
the
burnin'
sand
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