The Broadway Anthology by Murdock Pemberton Walter J. Kingsley Samuel Hoffenstein Edward L. Bernays
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Surrounded by as many lesser chiefs.
The hookah solemnly was passed around And then the hamlet chief would speak; "Stranger, why have you forsaken home And drawn believers after you, You bear no spices, oil, or woven cloth, No jewels nor any merchantry?" And then Abdullah: "True, Allah's precious son, We trade in naught men feed their bellies on But we have wares to thrill brave men, To make your youth see what use bodies are, To make your women blush That they have no such men." "What are these magic wares?" "Why we have here an Arab youth Who seems possessed of wings, Jumping three camels in a row." "So! In this very village there's a lad Who jumps four camels With half the wind it takes you, telling of your boy." Scoff followed boast and back again Until the chief arose, Saying to the lesser chiefs That they should call the local tribe |
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