Re The song given in DT as

IN THE OLD BAZAAR IN CAIRO
(Chester, Morris, Ford)
Sand bags, wind bags, camels with a hump,
Fat girls, thin girls, some a little plump,
Slave girls sold here, fifty bob a lump,
In the old bazaar in Cairo.   &c &c &c

and used as part of accompt in Wilson Keppel & Betty's famous Sand Dance --

-- I think in the attribution above, 'Chester' refers to the 40s British comedian 'Cheerful' Charlie Chester, writing with the collaborators named ~~ though I have also heard it claimed, I think on a Mudcat thread which I can't at this moment locate, that George Formby had earlier sung these words to the tune concerned.

But these words sound like parody or travesty or burlesque, don't they? What was this tune originally, anyone know? And were there any earlier words? And who did in fact originate these DT words? {I have, as I say, a feeling there might have been a previous thread but searching didn't find it. If so, could someone link me to it please?}

~Michael~