Shuffle Along - Oriental Blues Lyrics

2016 Broadway revival
Shuffle Along the Musical - Oriental Blues Lyrics

TOM:
If I only had an oil lamp like Aladdin,
With its mystic power from its mystic bower,
I’d call old genie to my side.
Precious stones nor riches would not be my wishes,
But on bended knee,
I would implore old genie,
To let my conscience be his guide.
I’m so lonely and there’s only
One place that will ease my mind.
It’s that land where gentle Oriental maidens you will find.

I’ve got those Oriental blues,
I’ve got those Oriental blues.
I like to take a trip across the China Sea
To old Shanghai.
Sip a cup of China tea
With poor Butterfly,
Then spend a day at old Bombay
Watching those Hindoo maidens sway . . .
With a night’s repose
Where grows the Persian rose,
At dawn on an Arabian steed
At an Arabian speed,
Let me whirl with a Bedouin girl.
Then in Cairo town
I’d like to settle down.
Oh, I’ve got those mysterious,
Doggone delirious,
Oriental blues.

Shuffle Along the Musical Lyrics

Election Day
I'm Simply Full of Jazz
Love Will Find a Way
Bandana Days
In Honeysuckle Time
Gypsy Blues
Shuffle Along
I'm Just Wild About Harry
Sing Me to Sleep, Dear Mammy
Ain't It a Shame?
Good Night Angeline
If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brown Skin
Uncle Tom and Old Black Joe
Everything Reminds Me of You
Oriental Blues
I Am Craving for That Kind of Love
Low Down Blues
Baltimore Buzz