11 Jul 2008
Paul Blaskowicz
Love it. It always reminds me of this. (Despite the title - sans Betty). And this. The original hit by Clinton Ford is not on Youtube, but Eric Storm's performance is v funny.
The Old Bazaar in Cairo
(Chester, Morris, Ford)
Wind bags, sand bags,, camels with a hump,
Fat girls, thin girls, some a little plump,
Slave girls sold here, fifty quid a lump,
In the old bazaar in Cairo.
Brandy, shandy, beer without a froth,
Braces, laces, a candle for a moth.
Bet you'd look a smasher in an old loin cloth,
In the old bazaar in Cairo.
Fat cows, thin bulls, a little bit of string,
You can purchase anything you wish,
A clock, a dish and something for your Auntie Nellie,
Harem, scarem, what d'ya think of that,
Bare knees, striptease, dancing on the mat,
Umpa! Umpa! That's enough of that,
In the old bazaar in Cairo.
Made it in a kettle and they couldn't get it out,
Everybody took a turn to suck it through the spout,
In the old bazaar in Cairo.
Come and buy, you can try, everything in style,
Genuine, bedouin carpet with a pile,
Funny little odds and ends floating down the Nile,
In the old bazaar in Cairo.