Sheherazade this day is yours
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The bearers of your gifts now all around you stand
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The finest silk made in the land
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Is waiting for your choice
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It shimmers at your hand
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Sheherazade your life is one
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You have today the sultan's love
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The people watch you step into the sun
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Stalls and bars of every kind
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Food piled high on woven leaves for all to eat
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Drums and flutes at every turn
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The music winding, twisting through the crowded streets
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Caravans from far away bring people laughing
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People come to see the sultan in Baghdad today
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Scheherazade her name is known
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Her tale is told
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The sultan let her life be spared
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The festival begins this day
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To celebrate her fame
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The people sing her praise
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Stories sung, the crowds are dancing
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To the music and the entertainment all the voices sing
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The people call to see the king
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The sultan smiles
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His story just begun
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The sultan and Sheherazade are one
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Scheherazade, Scheherazade
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She told him tales of sultans and talismans and rings
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A thousand and one nights she sang to entertain her king
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She sings, Scheherazade, Sheherazade, Scheherazade, etc.
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Song Of Scheherazade: The Festival
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Renaissance |