Front Cover
Type
Song
Composer
Harold S. Kay & Frederick V. Bowers
Lyricist
William. K. Wells
Performers
Frederick V. Bowers
Publisher
Frederick V. Bowers, Inc., New York City
Show/Movie
Sahara
Notes
This song promoted the silent film, “Sahara,” produced by J. Parker Read in 1919 and starring Louise Glaum, Matt Moore and Edward Stevens. The cover has the title "Beautiful Sahara," but the first page has "Sahara/ (Beautiful)."The first page also states "Sung with great success by Frederick V. Bowers/Respectfully dedicated to Louise Glaum" whose photo appears on both the front and back covers. The cover omits FVB as one of the composers, but he appears on the first page.
Lyrics

Sahara land of caravans and torrid sands,

I've learned to love you, to love you,

Sahara barren tho' you be

You are a garden of love to me.

CHORUS:

Sahara, my own Sahara,

I'll always love you, Sahara beautiful,

For tho' naught but sands enthrall you,

I'll always call you Sahara beautiful

There's where I sought content in vain

'Twas there I found true love again,

To me you always will be

A loving memory Sahara beautiful.

 

Sahara's ev'ry sandy dune now seems to croon

Of love undying, implying

Two hearts beat as one for e'er

For they found true love's oasis there.

 

 

Names/Terms
Sahara
Locations/Objects
Caravan, Desert
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