The Sheik Of R&B - Ray Stevens

Well now there was a sheik from Saudi

Had a Rolls and two Ferraris

And a harem that would please any man

Oh yeah

A palace I am told

Just loaded with gold

A hundred thousand acre farm in Sudan

Oh, wells pumpin' every day and night

But he wasn’t satisfied with his material life

Something was missing, he was so confused

And then he started digging Rhythm and Blues

Yeah one night by accident

Out of a US Army tent

He heard a strange new, jumpin' beat

Oh, it was pleasantly disturbin'

And it moved him from his turban

To the sandals on his feet

Ray Charles, B.B. King, and Bob Edgar Ran

James Brown and Bo Diddly and Desi Anderson

He said at last, «I found my destiny

Yeah, I’ll be the Sheik of R&B»

Now he’s the Sheik of R&B

The rhythm and blues king of all Arabee

Oh he’s as cool as an oasis

Hotter than the sun

He’s a camel kickin' guitar pickin' son-of-a-gun!

Yeah!

You just got to see

The Sheik of R&B

Now during the Embargo

He took off for Chicago

Just the city to play some blues, yeah

He rented out the Hyatt

Then decided he’d just buy it

Parked his camels all down the loop

Now he’s in the Windy City on the south side of town

Playin' that guitar and really gettin' down

You just got to see

The Sheik of R&B

Now he’s the Sheik of R&B

He’s the rhythm and blues king of all Arabee

Oh he’s as cool as an oasis

Hotter than the desert sun

He’s a camel kickin' guitar pickin' son-of-a-gun!

Yeah!

You just got to see

The Sheik of R&B

You just got to see

The Sheik of R&B Yeah!

Yow!

You’re too cool, Abdul!