Stevens, Ray - Ahab The Arab Lyrics






Let me tell you 'bout Ahab The Arab
The Sheik of the burning sand
He had emeralds and rubies just dripping off 'a him
And a ring on every finger of his hands

He wore a big ol' turban wrapped around his head
And a scimitar by his side
And every evening about midnight
He'd jump on his camel named Clyde...and ride

[Spoken:]
Silently through the night to the sultan's tent where he would secretly meet up with Fatima of the Seven Veils, swingingest grade "A" number one U.S. choice dancer in the Sultan's whole harem, 'cause, heh, him and her had a thing going. You know, and they'd been carrying on for some time now behind the Sultan's back and you could hear him talk to his camel as he rode out across the dunes, his voice would cut through the still night desert air and he'd say [imitate Arabian speech] which is arabic for, "stop, Clyde!" and Clyde would say, [imitate camel voice]. Which is camel for, "What the heck did he say anyway?"
Well....

He brought that camel to a screeching halt
At the rear of Fatima's tent jumped off Clyde,
Snuck around the corner and into the tent he went
There he saw Fatima laying on a Zebra skin rug
Wearing rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
And a bone in her nose ho, ho.

[Spoken:]
There she was friends lying there in all her radiant beauty. Eating on a raisin, grape, apricot, pomegranate, bowl of chitterlings, two bananas, three Hershey bars, sipping on a "R C" Co-Cola listening to her transistor, watching the Grand Ole Opry on the tube reading the Mad magazine while she sung, "Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor?" and Ahab walked up to her and he said, [imitate Arabian speech] which is arabic for, "Let's twist again like we did last summer, baby." [laughter] You know what I mean! Whew! She looked up at him from off the rug, give him one of the sly looks, she said, [coy, girlish laugh] "Crazy baby".
'Round and around and around and around...etc.

And that's the story 'bout Ahab the Arab
The Sheik of the Burnin' sand
Ahab the Arab
The swinging Sheik of the burnin' sand





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  1. j.... ....

    It is to bad they change some of the words. It was really great the way it was.

  2. A.... ....

    @OsakaSmallFry: actually, Carol Ponder is the woman playing Fatima in this video. Janice Copeland was the actress that played Margaret in "It's Me Again, Margaret" as well as Sister Bertha in the "Mississippi Squirrel" video.

  3. p.... ....

    and hed say aahakfjuea jc.go'sbhhzvcjghayvc wich is arabic for " who baby. and clide wood say bllluuuuheeehaww

  4. K.... K....

    I love how all his videos and songs are like telling a story i really love that XD esp cuz it makes me listen more lol if this guy wrote books he would be awesome@it

  5. g.... ....

    i prefer the original 1962 recording.

  6. J.... S....

    Coke in the 1100's?

  7. i.... ....

    Ray Stevens is one of a kind....

  8. l.... ....

    dude, i love ray stevens! i listen to him all the time. i really should add some of his songs to my playlist.

  9. W.... G....

    Eatin on rasin, grape, apricot, pomegranate, bowl of chitlines, two bananas, three candy bars, sippin on an ice cold Coca-Cola, listenin to her transistor, and singin "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor?"

    Just switch Coca Cola with RC, take out the pomegranata and apricot, and put Allison Kraus in there and you've got my beautiful girlfriend.

  10. s.... ....

    aeeuhh aeeeuh lol

  11. d.... ....

    calling an Arab an a-rab is to them like calling a black person the N-Word.

  12. C.... ....

    Okay. This was one of favs - 7th grade. Watching the video, I see why. Great video - so clear, music digitially mastered. Thanks for posting.

  13. A.... ....

    @kitekunisaki2000: By newer version what exactly do you mean? Ray wrote this song and originally recorded it in 1962 and then he re-recorded it in 1969 and then re-recorded it a third time in 1995 which is what we hear on this music video. There have only been three recordings of this song from Ray. If anyone else has recorded this song then it's news to me.

  14. M.... ....

    i cant find the newer version any where :( oh well atleast i found this one :D

  15. A.... ....

    hilarious music video. I first heard this song back in the mid-late 1980's when my grandfather purchased a Ray Stevens "Greatest Hits" cassette tape. That collection from 1987 is where I heard several Ray Stevens songs for the very first time. I became a fan for life at that moment.

  16. m.... ....

    Better quality than the one I dropped !