Song Name: | The Streets of Cairo | By: | Sol Bloom / James Thornton |
Posted By: | so-ganz-allgemein | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Any | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2014-02-14 16:36:27 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | Verse 1
I will sing you a song, -4 5 -5 5 5 -4 And it won't be very long, -4 5 -5 -6 5 -5 -4 'Bout a maiden sweet, -4 5 -5 5 -4 And she never would do wrong, -4 5 -5 -6 5 -5 -4 Ev'ryone said she was pretty, -6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 -5 She was not long in the city, 6 6 6 -6 6 -5 -4 5 All alone, oh, what a pity, -5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 5 Poor little maid. -5 5 5 -4 Chorus She never saw the streets of Cairo, -6 -6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 On the Midway she had never strayed, -5 -6 7 -8 7 -8 7 -6 6 She never saw the kutchy, kutchy, -6 -6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 Poor little country maid. -5 -6 -5 6 -6 -5 Verse 2 She went out one night, -4 5 -5 5 -4 Did this innocent divine, -4 5 -5 -6 5 -5 -4 With a nice young man, -4 5 -5 5 -4 Who invited her to dine, -4 5 -5 -6 5 -5 -4 Now he's sorry that he met her, -6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 -5 And he never will forget her, 6 6 6 -6 6 -5 -4 5 In the future he'll know better, -5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 5 Poor little maid. -5 5 5 -4 Chorus She never saw the streets of Cairo, -6 -6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 On the Midway she had never strayed, -5 -6 7 -8 7 -8 7 -6 6 She never saw the kutchy, kutchy, -6 -6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 Poor little country maid. -5 -6 -5 6 -6 -5 Verse 3 She was engaged, -4 5 -5 5 -4 As a picture for to pose, -4 5 -5 -6 5 -5 -4 To appear each night, -4 5 -5 5 -4 In abbreviated clothes, -4 5 -5 -6 5 -5 -4 All the dudes were in a flurry, -6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 -5 For to catch her they did hurry, 6 6 6 -6 6 -5 -4 5 One who caught her now is sorry, -5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 -4 5 Poor little maid. -5 5 5 -4 Chorus She was much fairer far than Trilby, -6 -6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 4 Lots of more men sorry will be, -5 -6 7 -8 7 -8 7 -6 6 If they don't try to keep away -6 -6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -4 from this Poor little country maid. 4 4 -5 -6 -5 6 -6 -5 and there is a slighly differend short version by Ken Hilton, used in Tim Burton's shortfilm 'Vincent' -4 5 -5 5 -4 -4 5 -5 -6 5 -5 -4 -5 6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 -5 6 6 6 -6 6 -5 -4 5 -5 5 -4 -4 5 -5 -6 5 -5 -4 |