A Night in Tunisia [*]

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  Peter Sellars

  Thanks very much for decoding these extra lyrics, Richard.
  
  Re the line "Nightly after the falls from the heat of the day": I think I hear: "Like the air through the palms from the heat of the day"
  
  I'm also not sure about : "Stars in the sky like to travel that way". I hear: "Stars in the sky light the caravan's way" (but I'm less sure about that. Do desert caravans travel in the dark?). more »

  LikeReply5 years ago
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  Richard Curtis

  Final comment to those I have posted previously. The lyrics posted at this website and elsewhere on the web are not the full version of John Hendricks' "Night in Tunisia" lyrics on The Hottest New Group in Jazz Compilation CD which includes both the original group performance with Annie Ross singing lead and the alternate version with Jon Hendricks singing lead. My final edit is:
  
  The moon is the same moon above you
  Aglow with the cool evening light
  But shining at night in Tunisia
  Never does it shine so bright
  
  The stars are aglow in the heavens
  But only the wise understand
  That shining at night in Tunisia
  They guide you through the desert sand
  
  Words fail to tell a tale
  Too exotic to be told
  Each night's a deeper night
  In a world ages old
  
  The cares of the day seem to vanish
  The ending of day brings release
  Each wonderful night in Tunisia
  Where the nights are filled with peace
  
  Nightly after the falls from the heat of the day
  Stars in the sky like to travel that way
  Cool evening breeze blowing over the dune
  Bathed in the light of a magical moon
  Skies are aglow with a million delights
  There in the land full of fabulous sights
  At night
  
  [instrumental solo]
  
  Hot breeze blowin' over the land
  Hot breeze flowin' over the sand
  Nightly clouds appear in the skies
  Brightly shining down from our eyes
  
  Words fail to tell a tale
  Too exotic to be told
  Each night's a deeper night
  In a world ages old
  
  The cares of the day seem to vanish
  The ending of day brings release
  Each wonderful night in Tunisia
  Where the nights are filled with peace more »

  LikeReply6 years ago
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  Richard Curtis

  This is a reply to my earlier comment regarding the long version of Jon Hendricks' lyrics which I'm posting as a separate comment rather than as a reply:
  
  A friend on Facebook helped me hear the following for the hard-to-understand three-beat lyric in the long version of Hendricks' lyrics changing the first word from "Lightly" to "Nightly":
  
  "Nightly after the falls from the heat of the day"
  
  And here's a link to LHR singing the laternate version with Jon Hendricks singing lead instead of Annie.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQrPyqon8_s more »

  LikeReply6 years ago
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    CamMail0203

    I had the great chance to be the opening act for Jon Hendricks - back in 1999 where I sang at a nightclub
    in San Francisco - and after a chat, I HAD to ask him about the additional lyrics I KNEW I did not have right. He laughed as he spoke them and I wrote them down. He was very kind about it, and we sang it together. I lost the piece of paper
    somehow, but I JUST found it in a disregarded scrapbook, and after many years of getting them wrong I finally sing his great lyrics!! I wanted to share them with you all. Here they are:
    Interlude: Nightly after the pause from the heat of the dayStars in the sky light the caravans’ wayCool evening breeze blowing over the duneBathed in the light of a magical moonNights are a-glow with a million delightsThere in the land full of fabulous sights - At Night(Solos)(reprise of Verses 1 & 2, before coming back into the bridge)Palm Trees — flowin’ over the landHot Breeze — blowin’ over the sandNightly — clouds appear in the skyBrightly — shining down from on High more »

    LikeReply7 months ago