 The Desert Song is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Berber fighters, against French colonial rule in Morocco. It was also inspired by stories of Lawrence of Arabia aiding native guerrillas.
1926 Broadway The Desert Song the Musical Lyrics
1. High on a Hill 2. Ho! The Riff Song 3. Margot 4. I’ll Be a Buoyant Girl 5. Why Did We Marry Soldiers? 6. French Military Marching Song 7. Romance 8. Then You Will Know 9. I Want a Kiss 10. It 11. The Desert Song 12. My Little Castagnette 13. Song of the Brass Key 14. One Good Man Gone Wrong 15. Eastern and Western Love: - Let Love Go - One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden - One Alone 16. The Sabre Song 17. Farewell 18. Let’s Have a Love Affair
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