CThe First Time I Saw A Little Egypt Dance, Andy Hurlbut & Lon Austin
The first time I saw a little Egypt dance
I was up on Whiskey Row, but not by chance
She was wearing her embroidered underpants,
The first time I saw a little Egypt dance
She’d never seen the Pyramids or fished the River Nile,
She’d never been to Paris, France or seen the Eiffel Tower,
But she’s been to San Francisco, New York, and Buffalo,
How she got to Prescott, the good Lord only knows.
[Chorus]
She struts around the Palace Bar and waves her veils so high
She sits down in the cowboys’ laps she looks them in the eye,
The gamblers & the good time girls had always been around,
But no one like little Egypt had ever come to town
Now she was something for my young eyes to see
The night I saw little Egypt, the night I turned 18
[Chorus]
I’ve worked the cows and horses, I’ve seen the beauty of the land,
Seen the wide and Open sky, the magic of God’s hand
Thought that I’d seen everything that’s beautiful to see
Till I saw a little Egypt dancing just for me.
