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Abdul Abulbul Amir
The sons of the Prophet are brave men and bold And quite unaccustomed to fear But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah Was Abdul Abulbul Amir
If you wanted a man to encourage the van Or harass the foe from the rear Storm fort or redoubt, you had only to shout For Abdul Abulbul Amir
Now the heroes were plenty and well known to fame In the troops that were led by the Czar And the bravest of these was a man by the name Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
One day this bold Russian, he shouldered his gun And donned his most truculent sneer Downtown he did go where he trod on the toe Of Abdul Abulbul Amir
"Young man," quoth Abdul, "Has life grown so dull That you wish to end your career? Vile infidel know, you have trod on the toe Of Abdul Abulbul Amir"
"So take your last look at the sunshine and brook And send your regrets to the Czar For by this I imply, you are going to die Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar"
"My friend, your remarks in the end Will avail you but little, I fear For you ne'er will survive to repeat them alive Mister Abdul Abulbul Amir"
Then this bold Mameluke drew his trusty skibouk Singing, "Allah! Il Allah! Al-lah!" And with murderous intent he ferociously went For Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
They parried and thrust, they side-stepped and cussed Of blood they spilled a great part The philologist blokes, who seldom crack jokes Say that hash was first made on the spot
They fought all that night neath the pale yellow moon The din, it was heard from afar And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar
As Abdul's long knife was extracting the life In fact he was shouting, "Huzzah!" He felt himself struck by that wily Calmuck Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
The Sultan drove by in his red-breasted fly Expecting the victor to cheer But he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh Of Abdul Abulbul Amir
Czar Petrovich, too, in his spectacles blue Sauntered up in his gold-plated car And arrived just in time to exchange a last line With Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls And engraved there in characters clear Is, "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul Of Abdul Abulbul Amir"
A splash in the Black Sea one dark moonless night Caused ripples to spread wide and far It was made by a sack fitting close to the back Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
A Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps Neath the light of the cold northern star And the name that she murmurs in vain as she weeps Is Ivan Skavinsky Skavar
Quoting: Havelock Vetenari 280454
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