Sidi Barani by Bradypus


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The Song Challenge: Sheep shoots sleeping shepherd -- Cairo, Egypt -- Shepherd Mokhtar Adam Fadl was sleeping soundly beside his flock when he was shot dead. Hours later police found his killer. It was one of his sheep, police officers said Thursday. The sheep killed Fadl by kicking his gun and accidentally firing it, the officers said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The shot hit Fadl in the chest as the 20-year-old Bedouin slept in the desert near Sidi Barrani, northwest Egypt. Police in the district of Marsa Matrouh said they confiscated the locally made gun as it was not licensed. They took the sheep away, but not to prison.

Sidi Barani by Bradypus
(Tune: Ilkla Moor)

Bradypus' Comments: Thanks, Amos. H'a'md'u'lla will do just fine ("H'a'md'u'lla!" means "thanks to God!" and is used as an interjection for almost anything. "Doin' just fine, H'a'md'u'lla!"). The tune is very elastic, especially on that line.

Where hast thou been since I saw thee
In Sidi Barani H'a'md'u'lla?
Where hast thou been since I saw thee?
Why did ewe turn away and flee?
In Sidi Barani
In Sidi Barani
In Sidi Barani

I've been a-grazing all day long
In Sidi Barani H'a'md'u'lla
I've been a-grazing all day long
Bleating an Arabic folk song
In Sidi Barani
Arabic Doh-Re-Mi
In Sidi Barani

Mokhtar Adam Fadl was asleep
In Sidi Barani H'a'md'u'lla.
Mokhtar Adam Fadl was asleep
Not looking after his poor sheep
In Sidi Barani
The shepherd could not see
In Sidi Barani

Then I espied the shepherd's gun
In Sidi Barani H'a'md'u'lla
Then I espied the shepherd's gun
And thought that I'd have myself some fun
In Sidi Barani
The idea tickled me
In Sidi Barani

I kicked the trigger with my hoof
In Sidi Barani H'a'md'u'lla
I kicked the trigger with my hoof
The print's still there if you want proof
In Sidi Barani
You wonder why I flee
In Sidi Barani

Poor Mokhtar Fadl's laid to rest
In Sidi Barani H'a'md'u'lla
Poor Mokhtar Fadl's laid to rest
One single bullet through his chest
In Sidi Barani
They're singing mournfully
In Sidi Barani

Now you're in trouble with the cops
In Sidi Barani H'a'md'u'lla
Now you're in trouble with the cops
They'll turn you into tender chops
In Sidi Barani
They'll roast you tenderly
In Sidi Barani

Then we shall all have eaten thee
In Sidi Barani H'a'md'u'lla
Then we shall all have eaten thee
All but the shepherd, don't you see
In Sidi Barani
That sheep shall not run free
In Sidi Barani