[Dixielandjazz] Need lead sheet

Joe Carbery joe.carbery at gmail.com
Sat May 16 14:27:28 PDT 2015


Dear Bill,

Here's another scene from the film. It seemed the song had its effect!
https://youtu.be/peNy02_z-JU

Regards,

Joe Carbery.

On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
wrote:

> > Do any of you talented list-mates have a lead sheet to the verse of "Love
> > Songs Of The Nile"?
> > Are there some good lyrics to this great tune that any sense?
>
> Dear Bob,
> The sheet music for the 1933 "Love Songs Of The Nile" (Arthur Freed -
> Nacio Herb Brown) from the MGM film 'The Barbarian' can be found here:
>    http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16797coll1/id/1192
> The verse is there with its lyrics, which don't tell us much.
>
> "Allah smiling on high
> Moonbeams cover the sky
> Stars gleam giving us light
> Allah cheers the night."
>
> Here is the film clip:
>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs61I4m6ux8
> Which doesn't tell us much either.
> <big grin>
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
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