Araby (song)

[1st verse]:

Tonight I'm dreaming of Araby,

That's where my dreams seem to carry me;

Where ev'rything is oriental;

And ev'ryone is sentimental.

There in the shade of the shelt'ring palms

I met a maiden fair;

I long to hold her gently in my arms,

Oh, how I wish I was there!

[chorus]:

Araby, when shades of night appear

I seem to hear you calling;

Araby, you seem to beckon and I reckon

I'll be hurrying back again.

Seems to me,

A maiden's face appears,

I see her tears are falling,

Falling, because I left her there.

That's why I long to be

Where all those happy faces

Wait for me

Beside the fair oasis.

Soon, you'll see

Within a caravan

An Arab man will take me

Over the desert back to Araby.

[2nd verse]:

Someday you'll find me in Araby,

Where someone's waiting to marry me;

I can't forget the day we parted;

She said I left her broken hearted,

I helped her on to a camel's back.

Before she rode away,

She made me promise that I would come back;

I'll keep my promise someday.