Ahab The Arab Lyrics - Ray Stevens

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 

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 

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Which is Arabic for, "Stop, Clyde!" 

Clyde would say 

[Foreign Content] 

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 

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 

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Which is Arabic for, "Let's twist again like we did last summer, baby" You know what I mean! Whew! 

She looked up at him from off the rug 

Give him one of the sly looks 

She said, "Crazy crazy crazy cray" 

'Round and around and around and around and around and around 

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