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And I was the man who sold the |
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Arabs the moon |
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The Emirate |
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Princes, their hands manicured |
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Their servants with luggage, they followed behind |
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The African concubines, regal and tall |
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And I was the man who sold the |
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Arabs the moon |
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They festooned their flags with crescent moons |
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And I was the man who sold the |
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English the sea |
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They wanted the afternoon breezes it bore |
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The sweet smell of spices from over the sea |
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The afternoon showers it brought during tea |
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And I was the man who sold the |
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English the sea |
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I cowered before great battleship guns |
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And I was the man who sold the |
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Yankees the sky |
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The black of the night and the blue of the day |
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The endless horizon of hope and desire |
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And I was the man who sold the |
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Yankees the sky, |
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The English the |
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SeaThe Arabs the moon |