Middle Eastern FAKE-BOOK

[Mike Schwartz]

I'm as PC as the next person, this was sent to me from a jazz musician, it's just a joke, hope it's doesn't get your 'knickers in a twist'


MUSICIANS MIDDLE-EASTERN FAKE BOOK

(USE WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE)

OILY AUTUMN
KUWAIT TILL YOU SEE HER
EMIR BIST DU SCHON
IT'S SAUDI DUTY TIME
THIS SCUD BE THE START OF SOMETHING NEW
BLAME IT ON THE BASRA NOVA
THE AMMAN I LOVE
PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAGHDAD
SADDAM OF THESE DAYS
YASSIR, THAT'S MY BABY
MOON OVER MY ARMY
ALLAH BE AROUND
TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
DAHRAN THAT DREAM
RUYADBIRD SUITE
MUSCAT RAMBLE
OMAN THE RANGE
HERE'S THAT IRANI DAY
A SLEEPING B-52
LITTLE NILE
LONG AGO AND FAHD AWAY
FOR OIL WE KNOW
IN A MULLAH TONE
MARINE, (THE DAWN IS BREAKING)
I LOVE A BRIGADE
CAMEL-LOT
SHEIK TO SHEIK
P.L.O. YOUNG LOVERS WHEREVER YOU ARE
BEDOUIN THE BEGUINE
I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FEZ
SADDAM, YOU'RE ROCKIN' THE BOAT
ARNETT YOU GLAD YOU'RE YOU
I CLOBBER THE WATERFRON1
HEY JEWS
AS SADDAM GOES BY
THREE LITTLE KURDS
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR LAND
I CAN'T GET NO SAUDIS' FACTION
WHO PUT THE BOMB, IN THE BOMB, BOMB, BOMB
IT'S A SIN TO TEL AVIV
MOTHER OF ALL MACHREES
BOULEVARD OF BROKEN PAVEMENTS
MY LIFE IRAN YOU'RE MAKING
HUSSEIN, WE'VE STOOD AND TALKED LIKE THIS BEFORE
THESE FUELISH THINGS
IF YOU KNEW SAUDI LIKE I KNEW SAUDI
CAIRO MUBAREK TO OLD VIRGINNY
ALEXANDRIA'S RAGTIME BAND
SOMEWHERE, BEYOND DISEASE

[graypencil]

I thought I posted this on the Joke Column ( in one of the Alleys ) when I first recieved it last week ..

I see some new stuff has been added since ..

here are a couple more:

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Musicians Middle-Eastern Real Book

( comes in C, Bb, Eb, and 14 tone Arabic scale versions with easy fingerings for Oud ..)

(Use When Caught Between Iraq And A Hard Place)


Mr. SandBLAM!!
Hold that Tigris

[JazzyGuyNW]

Patti Wicks over on Songbirds offered up one of my favorite
additions:

On The Saudi Side Of The Street

[graypencil]

and then there's that old favorite from the first Gulf War:

I hear you Menachem, but you can't come in ...