Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Harem Life , by - Ирвинг Берлин. Song from the album Occident Meets Orient, in the genre Мировая классикаRelease date: 31.12.2014
Record label: Albany
Song language: English
Harem Life |
| While trav’ling through Turkey in my dreams |
| I chanced to stray |
| Right into a harem and it seems |
| They let me stay |
| I spoke to the Sultan’s favorite wife |
| Before I fled |
| I asked her how she liked harem life |
| Here’s what she said |
| Living in a harem, what a life |
| Ne’er a thought of care or strife |
| Waiting on the Sultan night and day |
| Ever ready to obey |
| He keeps me dancing morning, noon and night |
| Dancing fills 'im with delight |
| I am black and blue from the dance I do But outside of that ev’ry little thing’s all right |
| I wanted to know how many wives |
| The Sultan had |
| She answered each day a wife arrives |
| Fresh from Baghdad |
| How did he continue on that plan |
| So many years? |
| She answered «He's just a poor old man |
| With young ideas» |
| Eight of the Sultan’s wives are we And there are a whole lot more |
| Weekdays he marries two or three |
| And Sundays he marries four |
| He has a hundred agents who |
| Lead very busy lives |
| Keep him supplied with wives |
| And now we’ll tell in rhyme |
| Just how we spend our time |
| Ev’ry morning to his bed I bring his toast and tea |
| I prepare his bath for that’s the job he gave to me |
| I massage his brow because he likes my gentle touch |
| I then manicure his nails and never hurt him much |
| I bring him his slippers ev’ry evening after eight |
| I then fetch his cigarettes upon a silver plate |
| I arrange his bed at nine, he gets so sleepy then |
| I begin to dance and then he’s wide awake again |
| And then we all dance to the vision of Salome |