SONGS OF THE ORIENT
SHIP me somewhere close to Suez, To the lands of the boiling oil, Where the fellahin moan in a mourntul tone As they slog at their daily toil, Where the nomads wheeze in minor keys Out under the desert moon, And those who paid for the pipeline
No longer call the tune:
R.G.
P.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 915, 22 February 1957, Page 13
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58SONGS OF THE ORIENT New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 915, 22 February 1957, Page 13
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