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T:Abdulla Bulbul Ameer
C:Frank Crumit (1927)
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w:Oh, the sons of the Pro-phet are har-dy and grim And quite un-a-cus-tomed to fear
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w:But none were so reck-less of life or of limb as Ab-du-lla Bul-bul Am-eer.
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W:Oh, the sons of the Prophet are hardy and grim
W:And quite unaccustomed to fear
W:But none were so reckless of life or of limb
W:As Abdulla Bulbul Ameer.
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W:When they wanted a man to encourage the van
W:Or to harass the foe in the rear
W:Or to take a redoubt they would always send out
W:For Abdulla Bulbul Ameer.
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W:There are heroes in plenty, and well known to fame
W:In the ranks that were led by the Czar,
W:But the bravest of all was a man by the name
W:Of Ivan Potschjinski Skidar.
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W:He could imitate Toole, play Euchre and Pool
W:And perform on the Spanish guitar.
W:In fact quite the cream of the Muscovite team
W:Was Ivan Potschjinski Skidar.
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W:One morning the Russian had shouldered his gun
W:And assumed his most truculent sneer
W:And was walking down town when he happened to run
W:Into Abdulla Bulbul Ameer.
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W:"Young man," says Bulbul, "can your life be so dull
W:That you're anxious to end your career?
W:For, infidel, know you have trod on the toe
W:Of Abdulla Bulbul Ameer.
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W:Take your ultimate look upon sunshine and brook,
W:Make your latest remarks on the war;
W:Which I mean to imply you're going to die,
W:Mr. Count Cask-o-whisky Cigar."
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W:Said the Russian, "My friend, my remarks in the end
W:Would avail you but little, I fear,
W:For you'll never survive to repeat them alive,
W:Mr. Abdulla Bulbul Ameer."
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W:Then the bold Mameluke drew his trusty chiboque
W:And shouted "Il Allah Akbar"
W:And being intent upon slaughter, he went
W:For Ivan Potschjinski Skidar.
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W:But just as his knife had abstracted his life
W:(In fact he was shouting "Huzza!")
W:He felt himself struck by that subtle Calmuck,
W:Count Ivan Potschjinski Skidar.
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W:The Consul drove up in his red-crested fly
W:To give the survivor a cheer,
W:He arrived just in time to exchange a goodbye
W:With Abdulla Bulbul Ameer.
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W:And Skobeleff, Gourko and Gorsechekoff too
W:Drove up on the Emperor's car
W:But all they could do was cry "och-whilliloo!"
W:With Ivan Potschjinski Skidar.
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W:There's a grave where the waves of the Blue Danube roll,
W:And on it in characters clear
W:Is: "Stranger, remember to pray for the soul
W:Of Abdulla Bulbul Ameer."
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W:A Muscovite maiden her vigil doth keep
W:By the light of the true lover's star
W:And the name that she murmurs so sadly in sleep
W:Is Ivan Potschjinski Skidar.
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Country of origin: USA

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