Ray Stevens / Ahab the Arab

 

 

 Ray Stevens의 novelty song 4탄은 1962년 발표한 Ahab the Arab으로 빌보드 챠트 5위에 올랐던 곡입니다.

Clyde라는 낙타의 이야기를 다룬 곡으로 사막의 왕자 Ahab 가 매일 밤 Fatima라는 최고의 무희를 만나러

 Clyde를 타고 나서는데 당연히 그의 아버지인 술탄이 좋아하지 않겠지요.

그러나 결국 그들은 가장 빠른 낙타 Clyde 덕분에 둘이 줄행랑에 성공하여 행복한 일생을 살게 된다는 내용입니다.

 

 

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

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
@#$%^&*
 Which is Arabic for, "Stop, Clyde!"
Clyde would say
 @#$%^&*
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

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
[Foreign Content]
Which is Arabic for, "Let's twist again like we did last summer,

 baby" You know what I mean! Whew!
She looked up at him from off the rug
Give him one of the sly looks
She said, "Crazy crazy crazy cray"
'Round and around and around and around and around and around

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