Chu Chin Chow

Musical

Writers: Oscar Asche Frederic Norton

Songs

  • Here Be Oysters Stewed In Honey (Abdullah and Chorus)
  • I am Chu Chin Chow (Abu Hasan and Chorus)
  • Cleopatra's Nile (Marjanah and Chorus)
  • I'll Sing & Dance (Ali Baba and Company)
  • Corraline (Nur-Al-Huda and Marjanah)
  • When a Pullet is Plump (Ali Baba)
  • We Are The Robbers Of The Woods (Robber's Chorus)
  • All My Days Till End Of Life (Marjanah and Ali Baba) *
  • Temperamental am I (Ali Baba, Marjanah and Nur)
  • Behold (Abdullah)
  • Desert Song (Zahrat and Chorus)
  • I Long for the Sun (Alcolom and Chorus)
  • Mahbubah (Ali, Kassim, Marjanah, Nur and Alcolom)
  • I Built a Fairy Palace (Mahbubah)
  • The Song Of The Scimitar (Abu Hasan and Chorus)
  • Any Time's Kissing Time (Alcolom)
  • The Cobbler's Song (Baba Mustafa)
  • We Bring Ye Fruits (Fruit Girls)
  • From Cairo, Baghdad, Khorasan (Otbah)
  • How Dear Is Our Day (Alcolom and Ali Baba)
  • Olive Oil (Abdullah and Chorus) Wedding Procession (Ensemble)

Additional Songs added in the 1940 revival

  • I Shiver And Shake With Fear (Ali Baba, Marjanah and Nur-Al-Huda)
  • Beans, Beans, Beans (Mabudah)
  • At Siesta Time (Marjanah and Chorus)
  • If I Liken Thy Shape (Marjanah and Nur-Al-Huda)

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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