Ahab The Arab

Ahab the Arab - Ray Stevens

Let me tell you about Ahab the Arab

The sheik of the burning sand

He had emeralds and rubies just drippin' off 'a him

And a ring on every finger of his hand

He wore a big ol' turban wrapped around his head

And a scimitar by his side

And every evenin' about midnight

He'd jump on his camel named Clyde and ride

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 dancer in

The sultan's whole harem 'cause heh him and her had

A thing goin' you know and they'd been carryin' 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

Which is Arabic for "Stop Clyde "

And Clyde'd say

Well he brought that camel to a screechin' halt

In the rear of Fatima's tent

Jumped off Clyde snuck around the corner

And into the tent he went

There he saw Fatima layin' on a zebra skin rug

With

"Rings on her fingers and

Bells on her toes and a bone in her nose ho ho "

There she was friends lyin' there in all her radiant

Beauty eating on a raisin

And grape and apricot and pomegranate

Bowl of chittlin's two bananas three Hershey bars

Sipping on a RC co-cola listenin' to her transistor

Watchin' the Grand Ole Opry and readin' a Mad

Magazine while she sung "Does your chewing gum lose

It's flavor " Yeah Ahab walked up to her and he say

Which is Arabic for "Let's twist

Again like we did last summer baby

And She said

Crazy baby

'Round and around and around and around

And around and around and around

Yeah and that's the story 'bout Ahab the Arab

The sheik of the burnin' sand

Ahab the Arab