Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-06

handsome as herself He vas oblipcs
&C nowledee, with degree OF NORTH,
zion. that he Fhad never soen ore Of
,ountrywon.en possessed Of onc half,
,otuEdity. +
In his account Of Mourzoull, Cant, L
Lyon say" The people have their 30
za.houses similar to those of Nuba III
which singing and dancing women CO..
stantly attend; their songs are pretty
plsintive, ard generally in the Son5.'I
language, which is very musical u
heard the song mentioned by Hornemm
and what was singular. he discovered il,
it was sung by the same women who D.,
formed it before him atthe Castle
Some of these songs abound with noe, !
cal images; for example, a lover "
compare his mistress TO young date n
ripened; the jetty hue OF her skin, to-
wing OF a raven; her teeth to pearls. h. B
eyes to the sun; her breath to the ottar A
roses; her words to musk; her Voice L
erbab; and her kisses to honey, ortbe,, |
gar brought from Egypt. The Arab soma
are all very pretty, and generally in +
same style. A young man once to.
much pains to learn INC one. lie sang
as the Arab custom, in a voice low o.,
monotonous, though far from disagree
Bile. The hero OF the piece is one Of IL
Walled SULLIVAN, he is riding to see gS
whom he admires, but vino belongs 4.
another tribe. AS nearly as | can reco.
lect, the words ran thus:
! "Hsre am, well mounted, on ho-..
whose ears are like pens, who runs lik.
an antelope, and who knows nonebu. hi,
master. My new red cap becomes me
well, my sword is sharp, my pistols we
cleaned. and my belt shines in the sun.
AS the heart Of pigeon beats when de-
finds she is robbed Of her yonng. so VIII
my loves heart beat for me when 4.
sees lie. She will not allow the dog IL
bark, and she will leave the tent as if in
| search of wood. Should her kiEsman q
her with me, she shall not fall under their
dis ensure. will lift her on my horse
and fly with her, for my steed has ear
like pens. he runs like an antelope. ans
knows none but his master. by new ia
gaia becomes me well, my sword is sharr
my pistols clean, and my belt shines i
+, the sun.
"Of this song" says the Reviewe
owe have been iavoured with the folio,
ing beautiful versiiication; we need scare
ly say by whom.
=, "SONG.
"Behoh me-" sung Hassan the fearless and ire
sOn the steed which obe,s not master hut m,
Who points like the quills of the eagle his ears,
And whose bound DER the desert is LIGHT as Ii
deer's
; Behold me with sabre we'll ,harpen'd and brgh
And with pistols new Tinted and BURNSIDE
fight,
Ny cap with fresh scarlet SO gaily be done,
And my baldlick of silver which CLEANS in {
When my true lover espies me, the heart in
Shall beat quick as the pigeons, when robbd
her nest;
She will hush the hoarse watchdog, and bic
the grove
That the ewes other kindred espy not her low
Yet, let them descry met their wrath defy,
And why should she tremble when Bassa
nigh:
Li.sethe hawk from the covey, selecting his pr
From the midst OF her tribe / would bear
away.
would mount her behind me-" sung IIassant
free,
"On the steed which obeys not rider butme;
Whopoints like the eagles sharp feathers his e
And whose bound Ger the desert is light as
decr's.'
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