Sahara (We'll Soon Be Dry Like You)
Composer(s): Alfred Bryan; Jean Schwartz
Performer(s): Esther Walker



King Ram-e-ses went to pieces seven thousand years ago
And passed a law that Egypt must go dry
He took the liquors from the slickers all the way to Jerico
But kept a little toddy on the sly
The desert of Sahara flowed with honey, so they say
Till prohibition came along and dried it up one day

Sahara, we sympathize with you
Sahara, now we're dry like you
I know why Cleopatra put that snake against her skin
She lost her mind completely when she lost her Gordon's Gin
Omar Khyam took a leap into his caravan
He took his wine glass, and away he flew
And ever since
All those Egyptians move their funny arms so queer
They got that way
From reaching for imaginary steins of beer
Sahara, Sahara, now we're dry like you

I know just why Rebecca took her little pitcher to the well
That old well just was camouflaging for a lager beer hotel
Sahara, Sahara, now we're dry like you
I've got the old Sahara prohibition blues