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Posted By: Anglogeezer
19-Sep-25 - 01:19 PM
Thread Name: 'The Camels are Coming;'Tune info please
Subject: 'The Camels are Coming;'Tune info please
Has anyone any information for the origin/source of the tune "The Camels Are Coming"? A web search reveals very little apart from the following :-
1). "The Camels Are Coming", published in 1932, was an anthology of military aviation stories written by W. E. Johns. 2). "The Camels Are Coming" was also a comedy/adventure film, (entirely unrelated to the W.E. Johns book), released in 1934. 3). In the 1850s & 60s the U.S. Army experimented with camels as pack animals in Texas, when they arrived at San Antonio the locals rushed about calling "The Camels Are Coming!" Camels were also trialled in British Columbia in 1863/63 on the gold fields. 4). "The Camels Are Coming" was an advertising slogan for "Camel" cigarettes in the early twentieth century.