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The chorus was tremendously effective. Sometimes the singer would indulge in pointed personalities, with answering roars of laughter. THE CHORUS WAS TREMENDOUSLY EFFECTIVE SOMETIMES A SINGER WOULD INDULGE IN POINTED PERSONALITIES WITH ANSWERING ROARS OF LAUGHTER
o generalities about the crops and the weather, or to the recitation of never-ending tales of Abou-Zeid, the famous hero of the Beni-Hilal, or of Antar the glorious. Politics, of which they have amazing ideas, also came in for discussion. Napoleon Bonaparte and Queen Victoria are still living figures to them; but (significantly enough) they considered the Kaiser king of all the kings of this world, with the exception of the Sultan, whom they admitted to equality. Seldom did an evening pass without a dance. As darkness fell, the Arabs would gather in a great circle around one of their comrades, who squatted on the ground with a bamboo flute; to a weird minor music they would begin swaying and moving about while some self-chosen poet among them would sing impromptu verses to the flute _obbligato_. As a rule the themes were homely. "To-morrow we shall eat rice and meat," the singer would wail. "_Yaha lili-amali"_ (my endeavor be granted), came the full-throated response of all the others. EN FOLK NEVER THE CONVERSATION WAS LIMITED TO GENERALITIES ABOUT THE CROPS AND THE WEATHER OR TO THE RECITATION OF NEVER ENDING TALES OF ABU ZAID A FAMOUS HERO OF BENNIHILAL OR OF ANTAR THE GLORIOUS POLITICS OF WHICH THEY HAVE AMAZING IDEAS ALSO CAME IN FOR DISCUSSION NAPOLEON BONAPARTE AND QUEEN VICTORIA ARE STILL LIVING FIGURES TO THEM BUT SIGNIFICANTLY ENOUGH THEY CONSIDERED THE KAISER KING OF ALL KINGS OF THIS WORLD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SULTAN WHOM THEY ADMITTED TO EQUALITY SELDOM DID AN EVENING PASS WITHOUT A DANCE AS DARKNESS FELL THE ARABS WOULD GATHER IN A GREAT CIRCLE AROUND ONE OF THEIR COMRADES WHO SQUATTED ON THE GROUND WITH A BAMBOO FLUTE TO A WEIRD MINOR MUSIC THEY WOULD BEGIN SWAYING AND MOVING ABOUT WHILE SOME SELF CHOSEN POET AMONG THEM WOULD SING IMPROMPTU VERSES TO THE FLUTE OBLIGATO AS A RULE THE THEMES WERE HOMELY TO MORROW WE SHALL EAT RICE AND MEAT THE SINGER WOULD WAIL YAHA LILI A MALI MY END WILL BE GRANTED CAME THE FULL THROATED RESPONSE OF ALL THE OTHERS
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