فما العيْشُ إلاّ سكرَة ٌ بعد سكرة ٍ، فإن طال هذا عندَهُ قَـصُــرَ الـدهــرُ
If you're tired of this life
If you're lonely with one wife
Take my little tip
Take your little grip
Take a little trip to Inida far away
Down to Bom-Bombay
جوقة ...أول الموشح
أدرلنا أكواب... يُنسى بها الوجد
واستحضر الجُلاس... كما اقتضى الودّ
دِنْ بالصِبا شرعاً... ما عشت... يا صاح
ونزّه السمعا... عن منطق اللاَّحي
فالحكم أن تسعى... عليك بالراحِِ
اناملُ العُنَّاب... ونُقْلك الورد...
حُفَّ بصُدغَي آس... يلويهما الخدّ
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is a chronicle of the durability of Arab and Middle Eastern stereotypes in American popular music spatially from 'the Road to Morocco' to 'Hindustan' and chronologically from 'the shores of Tripoli' to the Persian Gulf and Iraq/Afghanistan.
Background
The Middle East has figured into popular American culture since the late 18th century when American ships under British protection transported agricultural goods from North America to the Mediterranean basin
By the end of the 19th centry the popular stage saw the appearance of operettas and later musical comedies with story lines usually created by the lyricist to appeal the western audience by using the trappings of the orient: harems, palaces, sultans, evil visiers, and, most of all, scantily-clad dancing girls
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Orientalism in American Vaudeville Songs and Stories
She had a thousand lovers in the true Egyptian style
When she grew sick of one she threw him to the crocodile
They say she died heeart-broken after many sad regrets
I really think she died from smoking Milo Cigarettes
ومن لا يذُد عن حوضه بسلاحه يهدم ومن لا يَظلمُ الناس يُظلم
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