Long ago on the banks of the Nile in mysterious Egypt
There reigned a queen who turned night into day
Every night, when the moon made the Nile a silver ribbon
At her command with music grand, they’d start a cabaret
Those ancient cut-ups cut up for that crowd
They made old Julius Ceasar laugh out loud

Chorus
In a Cabaret ‘neath the old Egyptian moon
On banks of the nile you could hear those lovers croon
High moguls and potentates, flocked to Cleopatra’s gates
It seems she put this poor old world in tune
When she did the tango with Marc Antony
And the dance of the Nile so full of mystery
She made the boys of ancient Rome
Forget they ever had a loving little wife at home
In her cabaret ‘neath the old Egyptian Moon

Even now on the banks of the Nile in mysterious Egypt
At twelve each night their ghosts come back to play
Every night neath the moon you can hear their ghostly revels
The ghost queen grand gives her command to start the cabaret
Those ancient Jolsons cut up as before
They must be good to make those dead ones roar