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Sultan king cruel majesty |
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Ordered that his women die |
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A single night this for all his wives |
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Takes his pleasure then their lives |
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And so for many days with the dawn |
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The sultan had his way |
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Wives were put to death |
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His name on their dying breath |
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Then one day as the evening came |
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Sultan sends for him a wife |
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Choose her well charms I wish to see |
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Bring her, send her in to me |
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Then came Scheherazade to his side |
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And her beauty shone |
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Like a flower grown |
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Gentle as he'd ever known |
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Scheherazade bewitched him |
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With songs of jewelled keys |
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Princes and of heroes |
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And eastern fantasies |
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Told him tales of sultans |
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And talismans and rings |
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A thousand and one nights she sang |
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To entertain her king |
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She sings, Scheherazade, Scheherazade... |
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And you would cause the sun to see your light |
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And then be shamed |
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You cover darkness with a thousand secret flames |
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With your love, oh my love, oh my love, my love |
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And I would cause the winds to blow a hundred different days |
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And bring the perfumes of the gardens of the ways |
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Of your love, oh my love, oh my love, my love |
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Crystal and the clay, nights and the days |
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All on the prince's seal |
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Eagle of the sky, lion of the earth |
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This is what the seal is worth, what the seal is worth |
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Holds all of the dreams of a man |
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Tapestries, wishes of man, pictures and visions of man |
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The spirit of the soul of the man |
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And he would vow to love her for the rest of all his days |
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Sheherazade this day is yours |
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The bearers of your gifts now all around you stand |
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The finest silk made in the land |
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Is waiting for your choice |
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It shimmers at your hand |
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Sheherazade your life is one |
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You have today the sultan's love |
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The people watch you step into the sun |
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Stalls and bars of every kind |
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Food piled high on woven leaves for all to eat |
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Drums and flutes at every turn |
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The music winding, twisting through the crowded streets |
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Caravans from far away bring people laughing |
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People come to see the sultan in Baghdad today |
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Scheherazade her name is known |
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Her tale is told |
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The sultan let her life be spared |
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The festival begins this day |
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To celebrate her fame |
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The people sing her praise |
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Stories sung, the crowds are dancing |
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To the music and the entertainment all the voices sing |
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The people call to see the king |
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The sultan smiles |
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His story just begun |
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The sultan and Sheherazade are one |
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Scheherazade, Scheherazade |
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She told him tales of sultans and talismans and rings |
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A thousand and one nights she sang to entertain her king |
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She sings, Scheherazade, Sheherazade, Scheherazade... |