[Verse 1]
D
The sons of the Prophet are brave men and bold
A
And quite unaccustomed to fear,
But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah,
D
Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.
[Verse 2]
D
Now the heroes were plenty and well known to fame
A
In the troops that were led by the Czar,
And the bravest of these was a man by the name
D
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
[Verse 3]
D
One day this bold Russian had shouldered his gun
A
And donned his most truculent sneer,
Downtown he did go where he trod on the toe
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Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.
[Verse 4]
D
Young man, roared Abdul, has life grown so dull
A
That you wish to end your career?
Vile infidel, know, you have trod on the toe
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Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.
[Verse 5]
D
Said Ivan "My friend, your remarks in the end
A
Will avail you of little, I fear
For you ne'er will survive to repeat them alive
D
Mr Abdul Abulbul Amir".
[Verse 6]
D
So take your last look at the sunshine and brook
A
And send your regrets to the Czar
For by this I imply, you are going to die,
D
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
[Verse 7]
D
They fought all that night neath the pale yellow moon;
A
The din, it was heard from afar,
And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame,
D
Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar.
[Verse 8]
D
The Sultan drove by in his red-breasted fly,
A
Expecting the victor to cheer,
But he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh,
D
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.
[Verse 9]
D
Czar Petrovich too, in his spectacles blue,
A
Rode up in his new crested car
He arrived just in time to exchange a last line
D
With Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
[Verse 10]
D
There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls,
A
And graved there in characters clear,
Are, "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul
D
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir."
[Verse 11]
D
A Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps,
A
'Neath the light of the cold polar star,
And the name that she murmurs so oft as she weeps,
D
Is Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
