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Thread #68844   Message #1163130
Posted By: Jim Dixon
16-Apr-04 - 09:20 AM
Thread Name: Middle East Stereotypes in American Music
Subject: RE: Middle East Stereotypes in American Music
I searched The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music for words like "Arab" "sheik" and other associated words, and found these songs:

Araby.
Araby's Daughter. From "Lalla Rookh."
Bagdad.
Burning Sands. The Answer to "The Sheik."
Fly to the Desert, from Lalla Rookh.
Geo. Schleiffarth's Vocal Compositions. No. 7. We Draw the Line at That.
Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam)
Marie Cahill's Arab Love Song.
Tahmineh. Amour d'Orientelle.
The Rose of Algeria. Twilight in Barakeesh. (Zoradie and Chorus).
The Travelers. My Arab Lady.
While the Incense is Burning (I Dream of You).