Nightboat To Cairo Tab uke di Madness

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 Night boat to Cairo!

 
 

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It's just gone noon, half past Monsoon,

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On the banks of The River Nile.

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Here comes the boat, only half-afloat,

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Oarsman grins a toothless smile.

 

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Only just one more, to this desolate shore,

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Last boat along The River Nile.

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Doesn't seem to care; no more wind in his hair,

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As he reaches his last half mile.

 

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The oar snaps in his hand, before he reaches dry land,

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But the sound doesn't deafen his smile.

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Just pokes at wet sand, with an oar in his hand;

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Floats off down the River Nile,

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Floats off down the River Nile.

 



 

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