Lyrics
Down among the Pyramids of Egypt-land
There a Yankee met a dark eyed maiden
While they talk'd of moonolight and the Nile so grand
He would kiss her lips and say
This is why I stay, For there's
CHORUS:
Egypt in your dreamy eyes
A bit of Cairo in your style
The shades of night are in your hair
While fragrant incense seems to fill the air
All the Orient is in your smile
Mysterious as River Nile
And you stole my heart
With your cunning art
And the Egypt in your dreamy eyes.
On a dromedary they would honeymoon
Thro' the great Sahara they would wander
In a green Oasis they would camp at noon
And with myst'ries ev'rywhere
He would whisper there, Oh there's