A 1917 popular song. Words by Jimmy Morgan. Music by Jack Coogan.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus
Cleopatra has a jazz band
In her castle on the Nile
Ev’ry night she gave a jazz dance
In her queer Egyptian style
She won Mark Anthony with her syncopated harmony
And while they played, she swayed
She knew she had him all the while
In the shadow of the Pyramids
‘Neath the old Egyptian moon
A sphinx was looking on
And said, “There’ll be a wedding soon
(1. But the real Historic scandal
Was Cleo lost her sandal)
(2. Brutus stabbed poor Julius Caesar
Because he tried to please her”
As she danced to the strains
Of the Egyptian Jazz Band tune
Performance
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