"The Streets of Cairo or the Poor Little Country Maid" - James Thornton, Sol Bloom
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I have been researching the origin and musical symbolic meaning of the Cairo melody, which is often used as a cliche to signify the Middle East, or more broadly, anything considered exotic. It is also known as the snake-charmers song or "There's a Place in France..."
The melody was used at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition for an exhibition called "A Street in Cairo," where a dancer called Little Egypt danced the infamous kutchy-kutchy (or hutchy-kutchy). I have been informed that the lady depicted in the video is not the original Little Egypt but a later imitator, as there were many other dancers that used the name, capitalizing on the popularity of the original. Sol Bloom claims to have composed the melody, although there is some evidence that it may have originally come from a folk tune.
In 1895, James Thornton wrote "The Streets of Cairo or The Poor Little Country Maid," which uses the hutchy-kuthcy melody for the verses, with a chorus in the relative major key.
With the extreme difficulty I had finding a recording, I decided to make this one as a reference recording for others that might be interested in the song's history. I based it on two different piano/vocal arrangements of the tune (the only two I could find). I took the parts that I liked most from each arrangement and rearranged it and made some very minor edits that I felt made more musical sense (without altering the integrity of the arrangements, which at any rate, probably do not give an entirely accurate picture of how this was originally performed anyway). [UPDATE: I have located the original publication of the public domain 1895 sheet music at jscholarship.l... - unfortunately, this is not the version heard in this recording, but it is very similar. Lyrics and vocal melody are the same. I have also located the original recording of the song by Dan W. Quinn from 1895 - • "Streets of Cairo" - D...
A large number of popular songs have borrowed the hutchy-kutchy melody including Steve Martin's "King Tut" and "Istanbul not Constantinople" by Four Lads and They Might be Giants.
On July 27, 2013, my recording of "The Streets of Cairo or the Poor Little Country Maid" was played on the Dr. Demento Show.
Lyrics:
I will sing you a song, and it won't be very long
'Bout a maiden sweet, and she never would do wrong.
Ev'ryone said she was pretty. she was not long in the city.
All alone, oh, what a pity, poor little maid.
She never saw the streets of Cairo.
On the Midway she had never strayed;
She never saw the kutchy-kutchy,
Poor little country maid.
She went out one night, did this innocent divine,
With a nice young man who invited her to dine.
Now he's sorry that he met her, and he never will forget her,
In the future he'll know better, poor little maid.
She never saw the streets of Cairo.
On the Midway she had never strayed;
She never saw the kutchy-kutchy,
Poor little country maid.
She was engaged as a picture for to pose,
To appear each night in abbreviated clothes.
All the dudes were in a flurry, for to catch her they did hurry,
One who caught her now is sorry, poor little maid.
She was much fairer far than Trilby,
Lots of more men sorry will be,
If they don't try to keep away from
This poor little country maid.
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Moroccan Christmas episode brought me here
Same
Meredith you set your hair on fire.
Same here
sameee
Same
“Really Andy? It’s Christmas and your singing about nudity in France.”
Starkiller 2395 I JUST FINISHED WATCHING THAT EPISODEEEE
😂😂😂😂
@@jorgecontreras2916 which episode is it??
@@leondsouza8598 season 5 episode 11
And France** thats a deep historical/political joke
"There's a hole in the wall and the men can see it all". It's an Office miracle that brought us all together again.
"what are you doing here?" -The yellow rabbit
or Peter Griffin with a mirror song
I remember this from my childhood and I'm 36
Where are these lines?
Andy brought me
Yes he did.
Same
lol, no way, the same
Same lol
Same
It's absolutely unbelievable how much the music from this song is sampled, and it makes sense because it's super catchy.
The arabic riff is a very famous melody, especially in terms of melodies related to nationalities. It’s right up there with the “oriental” riff, which is found in songs like “kung fu fighting”.
True that, I just fell into an Ava Maxx loop. I remembered someone else made a similar song (turned out to be Ke$ha's "Take It Off"). Somehow people know it more from The Office.
It's Christmas, and you're singing about nudity...and France.
That's a great episode!
Yes watching that right now
@@SamuelStokesMusic i m not here from the office lmao
i forgot how i got here
@@something871 keshas song?
@@nctjisungiepwark6088 dont think so
Who else ended up here because of The Office?
luke_2700k me😂
Me dude.
luke_2700k yep
Omg
Me
“what r u doing here?“
“what a naughty child,wandering around the house“
Hahahahhahah
I just got it
"what have you done?!"
"I will have to punish for being such a misbehaved little bunny."
oh you little… *BNUY*
-That one real-time voiceacting of Pumpkin Rabbit
@@franzypantzy Ayyy :D
Poor Ducky and Tammy.
This shit slaps 👌😩😤😏 Where my 1890’s kids at
Monika here🦶🏻
R.i.p
H-here *dead*
Just Monika.
From 72b.c. Sorryyy
"Theres a place in france, where the naked ladies dance" its not in this song.
Aymen Boukhatem and the boys don’t care they just chew their underwear
where do i find this lyric where did it come from
@@zekerobinett868 same
Im pretty sure its keshas take it off where the original lyrics came from. Or family guy, either or.
@@romespeana5378 Or The Snake Dance
There are two types of people:
“Really Andy? It’s Christmas and you’re singing about nudity and France.” or “What a naughty child, wandering around the house. I will have to punish you for being such a misbehaved little bunny.”
Or there's the people who came from the Kesha song.
“Theres a place in France where I do my mirror dance”
B N U Y.
Wondering?
I've come from Ke$ha
Man, I’m getting flashbacks to a mysterious house
Yeah its kinda blurry i think it was made by Wartin Malls?
Same bro
Me to me epicly to
Don’t trust the yellow rabbit
@@furrettheferret9562 yes
Let’s be honest if Tammy hadn’t been in the house she never would have heard this bop F In Chat for Tammy and Duckie tho
They got their shit rocked
F
This is the song Kesha samples for her song Take It Off 😂
this is exactly why I am here. I kind of hear it but not a whole lot...
@@DoubleKlutch99 how?????
@@bloodbottle703 play them side by side
@@bloodbottle703 it’s the Melody in the first part of both songs
She's not the only one. Crazy how many times it's been used actually. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_riff
I love this! I own a cabinet card of the photo of Little Egypt in this video. It dates from c 1890-1895. I paid $100 for it.
Wow, interesting!
The lyrics seem to be a cautionary tale about venereal disease.
I never thought of it that way before, but the line "One who caught her now is sorry," certainly seems to support that interpretation.
I think you guys went way too far, I'm pretty sure he really meant what he actually said. The one who got her was sorry because he would never forget her while she wouldn't ever actually be with him. I think that's why everyone was sorry, she was amazingly special which none could kept for his own.
You really think a song written in 1893 was about stds?
Seriously.
you think people in 1893 didn't have dirty minds?
Jessaca Kearton-Moore sure but they weren't as crass as we are today. A lot of songs would get totally rewritten before they'd be released to the general public
"There's a place downtown,
Where the freaks all come around
It's a hole in the wall, it's a dirty free for all"
*”There’s a place in France where the naked ladies dance. There’s a hole in wall where the men can see it all.”* - Andy Bernard.
I can't thank you enough for sharing your effort and your research. I remember the "Arabian riff" from Laurel and Hardy's "Sons of the Desert", but I've heard it countless times on different occasions and I could never find out where it came from. My father was convinced it was Italian because he knew some Italian words to it. I don't remember what ultimately led me here, but I'm glad. Thanks!
Thank you! I learned it as “there’s a place in France where the alligators dance”, and also its “where the naked ladies dance”. How absolutely marvelous! Thank you!
POV: you looked up “there’s a place in France” from the office
Nah fool, Martin Walls
I was researching the fact that KE$HA's song take it off is sample by this
i feel targeted
Walten files
Yes, Martín Walls brought me here
Never trust a yellow rabbit with no eyes, especially if you're a kid...
Tammy learned that the hard way...
Same with ducky.
JackBoB that’s a fact never trust yellow rabbit
Never trust The Pumpkin Rabbit or Spring Bonnie
Cuddles is ok to trust though
Everyone Gangsta Until you See a Duck Melt to Death and see Characters Dead in Chairs
kesha's take it off sounds like this (well the first part)
"Take it Off" is one of the many tunes that has borrowed this melody, but most likely it was borrowed indirectly from the schoolyard chant "There's a place in France..."
*insert ded duckie,tammy crying and pumpkin rabbit standing there,menacingly*
He just standing there menicly
It's so beautifully arranged. I wish I could find more music in this style. Thanks Samuel.
Everyone: The Office brought me here!
Me:....Peter Griffin
Caden Fox I remember that😂
@@emichael7299 me too
@Rainbow Diamond me too
theres a place in france where i do my mirror dance?
There’s a place in France where I do my mirror dance
"What have you done?!"
"What have you DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON-"
I was there when this was recorded!!!!
Absolute pleasure
The iconic Lyle the One-Eyed Guy/Smormu theme song
probably one of the only people here because of a massive murderous rabbit
How did you know!?
Yes. Yes, Pumpkin Rabbit is corpse.
The real inspiration melody behind the Indian song "ek ladki bhigi bhagi si" composed by Kishore Kumar. He slowed down the tempo and scale as well.
Actually that one is a copy because the the original was released in the 1890s..aur ed ladki bheegi bhaagi si 1900s ka hai
@@broknpaws328 thats what I said. Read again🤣🤣
I love it! Well done sir! Good singing, nice playing and lively tempo! I have been a constant fan of Dr. D since 1970. I met him when we lived in SoCal at one of his appearances (Six Flags Magic Mountain). I have not watched The Office much, but will probably do so, because I like all the actors in it. PS My friends and I all grew up singing this song occasionally, and tittering over it ... girls!! It was the not quite so clean version.
And since I've been to Cairo in 1974... I can advise everyone else to NOT go there unless on a tour. We were there as part of our honeymoon, and saw most everything, but some guys tried to pull me out of the row boat on the Nile... hubby bashed them with the oar, and managed to pull me back. There were also AK-47s on the street guarding . People urinating and such on the streets... it's a third world country!
Love your detailed history of the song as well, Mr. Stokes!
Man, thanks Walten Files for this. Never thought I would thank Walten Files.
There's a snake in your toilet, so you start singing. All of the sudden, eight rabbi's burst in and start singing as well. The snake starts dancing.
Lyle’s theme song
Don't get me wrong, I like this, but I'm confused. I remember this having something like "there's a place in France where the naked ladies dance/there's a hole in the wall where themes can see it all". Am. Thinking of something else entirely or is this just a different version or what?
awildabeast50 The version heard here is based on the original song. The tune has been parodied and used in schoolyard chants numerous times for more than a century!
***** Jesus I haven't heard that in like 30 years hahaha XD
its interesting. .. alot of songs have used this tune. kesha, ying yang twins used it on naggin, and place in france by zebrahead
That song is a parody based on the beat of this one. This songs beat has been repurposed into a number of schoolyard chants.
awildabeast50 ITS WAS IN A PLACE IN FRANCE THE NAKED LADIES THERE IS A HOLE IN THE WALL SO THE MEN CAN SEE IT ALL
I play this everytime my maid comes over. I don't understand why my house is still a mess.
I'm here because of Kesha. Her song always reminded me on something else. Now i finally found the original.
Andy should have released a full version
She never saw the khuchi ;_: i cri evry tim
SpArE CoOcHie Ma'aM?
*she saw the cooche cooche*
It's kuchie you sick minded freaks
69 likes. Nice.
This reminds me of sleeping over at a stranger's house and seeing something i shouldn't have seen
rip ducky and tammy
Oh, to have a dime for the number of times someone has lifted a part of this music to make his own! Having listened to this version and the original, I have to say I like this version better. The lyrics are easier to make out, there's less distortion overall, and nothing seems out-of-sync with the arrangement. It corrects every flaw while sacrificing no positive traits of the original. This is the way a good cover is supposed to work.
Which is the original song.?
@@rishabhdomadiya3559 ruclips.net/video/6A5yJ5Z2Ezw/видео.html
Ive had this tune stuck in my head since i was like 7 watching old disney shorts reruns, the other day i heard it in a familly guy gag and a couple days ago i heard it in a Kesha song and thats how i found out about it
I don't need your charity, I'll dance for my money!
i didn't say stop
This Great Piece & many others are in my “Classical Music in TV, Film & Ad Jingles” home page Playlist!
everyone gangsta until a dead duck starts appearing on the screen
I never knew this was an entire song. Loved the sitar Ed Helms played
I like that song, thanks a lot for upload!!
Very well done. Thank you.
Here from the Mysterious House soundtrack.
IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG
WALTEN FILES: THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE.
Thanks a lot for the note! The book from which this picture comes claimed this was the Little Egypt, but I am not at all surprised that it is not. I was aware that others also used the name Little Egypt, and since my source was a sheet music collection and not a history book, I imagine they didn't do all of the research necessary to get a picture of the real Little Egypt. If you have a chance, perhaps you could let me know where you learned your info on Little Egypt. I'd like to check it out!
2020?? Anyone still watching the office
The original Song is "Streets of Cairo" by Dan W. Quinn from 1895! It's also been used by The Beatles in their song "The Sheik of Araby"
Who's here after they know that this is a sampled song of take it off by kesha?
Me. But I knew this song way before, it's basically an Egypt stereotype, I just didn't know it
Omg. We sang this as kids at summer camp. Awesome.
"W-What are you doing here?"
"What have you done!"
3 AÑOS PASE BUSCANDO EL NOMBRE DE ESTA CANCION , PERO AL FIN LA ENCUENTRO :D YA ME PUEDO MORIR EN PAZ JAJAJAJA GRACIAS ;)
matias vicente Estoy muy feliz de ayudar!
What are you doing here les suena
Thank you for the explanations in the description it was very interesting and helpful, + congrats on the singing!
They should play this song at every STD clinic..............
This is hands down my favourite song to eat cheese to!
i love how everyone is just commenting what brought them here, anywho mysterious house gang where you at
Right here
I'm here!
Right here!
On the bright side, this is the perfect bop to be murdered to by a giant animatronic pumpkin rabbit
thank you for sharing this musical history!
the poor little maid is now beautiful.
"Don't worry Pim, I can cheer you up!"
whenever I hear the Tetris tune, this will comes first into my mind
Beautiful voice
the fact that I am listening to a 200 year old song...
I imagine you've also seen the title 'Kradoutja', which is supposedly an Algerian or Arabic folk tune from the 1600s or 1700s. One blog says that William Benzon’s book 'Beethoven’s Anvil' goes into more detail about the history of the song. I haven't seen that, but hopefully you can borrow the book through a library. You also might be interested in researching the familiar songs 'The Villains Theme'/'Mysterioso Pizzicato' or the melody 'Oriental Riff' (aka the 'Aladdin Quick Step' from "The Grand Chinese Spectacle of Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp" in 1847)
Thanks for the note. I will be sure to seek out this book. As far as "The Villains Theme" is concerned, is this the theme that goes A- C- E- A- F......EDCBA? I assumed this came from Vaudeville, but have never looked into it. I have looked into the "Oriental Riff," whose origin has proven very difficult to pin down.
Samuel Stokes Yes, that's the Villian's Theme. It was supposedly composed by J. Bodewalt Lampe and is found in 'The Remick Folio of Moving Picture Music, vol. I'. Sadly, it isn't available on Archive dot org. You also might want to find 'Book of World Famous Music' by James J. Fuld which supposedly gives mini-investigations of numerous well known melodies. (I haven't seen either title). Regarding the 'Oriental Riff', do a search for: "The Musical Cliché Figure Signifying The Far East: Whence, Wherefore, Whither?" chinoiserie.atspace.com/index.html
Ah, yes, I've seen that website. It has some very good information. It definitely saved me a lot of time!
I love this version, well done :)
Thanks Andy
👑 AVA MAX - MY OH MY 👑
Everyone: "speek about this song"
I: haha, nogla does da da da!
TinTin and Cigars of the pharoh! Professor Sarcophagus hums this tune in the Indian Forest after being poisoned by the dart!!!!
Abhay Saini Thanks for pointing that out. I love finding references I haven't seen before. I'll have to look that one up!
Actually what brought me here years ago to find out the songs name
Does no one besides myself listen to this song because they like it?
No piece of pop culture brought me here,
No artist's sample,
Just thr original song
This is my theme song, I made it up
Everybody in the world knows this song, you didn't fjords 4ithis
omg i just googled there's a place in france while watching the episode, turns out almost everyone is here from the same episode lol
you got a good voice there
ok this song really sounds familiar with an old hindi song 'ek ladki bheegi bhagi si' sung by kishore kumaar in 1958. you can check it out, it is a great song and a very popular song as well. idk if that song was inspired by this melody or ma be just a coincidence.
Don’t worry pim I’ll cheer you up
I came here from Kesha- Take it off.
WoW! This dude is way ahead of his time..
My mom used to sing this to me and i can't stop laughing about it
Wow this is a cool catchphrase to come up with
Smormu’s theme song
This is actually how I learned Ke$ha sampled the chord from this classic source.
Don't worry Pim, I'll cheer you up!
I came here from oneyplays lol
Ek ladki bheegi bhaggi si , fabulous tune
Lyrics
There's a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It's a hole in the wall
It's a dirty free-for-all
When the dark of the night
Comes around that's the time
That the animal comes alive
Looking for something wild
N-now we looking like pimps in my gold Trans Am
Got a water bottle full of whiskey in my handbag
Got my drunk text on, I'll regret it in the mornin'
But tonight, I don't give a-, I don't give a-, I don't give a-
There's a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It's a hole in the wall
It's a dirty free-for-all
And they (turn me on)
When they (take it off)
When they (take it off)
Everybody take it off
There's a place I know if you're looking for a show
Where they go hardcore and there's glitter on the floor
And they (turn me on)
When they (take it off)
When they (take it off)
Everybody take it off
Lose your mind, lose it now
Lose your clothes in the crowd
We're delirious, tear it down
'Til the sun comes back around
N-now we're getting so smashed, knocking over trash cans
E'rybody breaking bottles it's a filthy hot mess
And I'm down to get faded, I'm not the designated driver
So I don't give a-, I don't give a-, I don't give a-
There's a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It's a hole in the wall
It's a dirty free-for-all
And they (turn me on)
When they (take it off)
When they (take it off)
Everybody take it off
There's a place I know if you're looking for a show
Where they go hardcore and there's glitter on the floor
And they (turn me on)
When they (take it off)
When they (take it off)
Everybody take it off
Oh, oh, oh (everybody take it off)
Oh, oh, oh (everybody take it off)
Right now (take it off)
Right now (take it off)
Right now (take it off)
Oh-oh
Right now (take it off)
Right now (take it off)
Right now (take it off)
Everybody take it off
There's a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It's a hole in the wall
It's a dirty free-for-all
And they (turn me on)
When they (take it off)
When they (take it off)
Everybody take it off
There's a place I know if you're looking for a show
Where they go hardcore and there's glitter on the floor
And they (turn me on)
When they (take it off)
When they (take it off)
Everybody take it off
I’m gonna make a guess I’m the only person here who learned of this song after doing research on the origin of the arabic riff, which many say this song was.
came here after listening to “My Oh My” by Ava Max…
This song's melody has been reused almost 100+ times. How do I know? I'm glad you asked! came from "rickreverie"
found this after ten years of googling dun na na nana dun na nananana
Theo to posłuchaj na YT pieśń religijną z Polski" Z dawna Polski Tyś Królową " i zobacz podobieństwo, powstała tak samo w drugiej połowie XIX w.
Oney plays, to Kesha, to here. Strange journey I’ve endured to get here
De aquí salió esa famosa tonada que los looney toones, disney y hanna barbera hicieron tan conocida cuando sus caricaturas trataban de medio oriente.
Y tambien de aqui salio mysterious house
"The non-mystery house"
-the walten files Remastered