Hi, Salome fans:

Three years plus after the last post....

The mystery of the tune of "Salome," which has puzzled bawdy song fans across the web for years, is solved. As indicated above, it is a parody of the Harris Weston & John Turner 1941 Hit "Salome," but the tune for it was unknown to all of us, till now.

Here it is. The entire recording by Harry Roy and His Band (who may be known to some of you as the originator of the classic "My Girl's Pussy") is available on the net, at:

http://www.rhapsody.com/harry-roy/the-roy-rag

Here are the lyrics to the original as sung by Harry Roy. It's a pretty good fit to the parody. — Bob

SALOME

In Egypt where all the pyramids are,
Down our street where lots of dirty kids are,
There's a café painted white
Where all the sailors like to go at night,
There's a native band, how they play,
But the best thing is the cabaret,
Expect the suffocation, boltin' up the doors,
When they put up the show,

Cho 1:
Oh, Salome, Salome,
You should see Salome,
Dancing there with her feet all bare,
Every little wriggle makes the boys all stare,
She swings it, she flings it,
And the sheiks all murmur, "Oh,"
While the old sphinx winks and winks and winks,
Out there where the sandbags grow,

Cho 2:
Salome, she's the idol of the kids,
She looks a-like a million dollar saucepan lid,
Curtain ring stuck through her nose,
And bells upon her pretty little toes,
She's a dusky, and though she looks so posh,
She'd be a lighter colour if she only had a wash,
But every night there's a big, big fight
To see that gal, Salome.