Intro
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Make way for Prince Ali,
Am E7 Am
Say hey! It's Prince Ali
verse 1
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Hey! Clear the way in the old Bazaar
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Hey you! Let us through! It's a bright new star!
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Oh Come! Be the first on your block to meet his eye!
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Make way! Here he comes! Ring bells! Bang the drums!
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Are you gonna love this guy!
verse 2
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Prince Ali! Fabulous he! Ali Ababwa
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Genuflect, show some respect Down on one knee!
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Now, try your best to stay calm
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Brush up your sunday salaam
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Then come and meet his spectacular coterie
verse 3
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Prince Ali! Mighty is he! Ali Ababwa
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Strong as ten regular men, definitely!
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He faced the galloping hordes
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A hundred bad guys with swords
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Who sent those goons to their lords? Why, Prince Ali
Bridge 1
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He's got seventy-five golden camels
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Purple peacocks, He's got fifty-three
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When it comes to exotic-type mammals
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Has he got a zoo? I'm telling you
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It's a world class menagerie!
verse 4
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Prince Ali! Handsome is he, Ali Ababwa
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That physique! How can I speak, Weak at the knee
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Well, get on out in that square
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Adjust your veil and prepare
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To gawk and grovel and stare at Prince Ali!
Bridge 2
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He's got ninety-five white Persian monkeys
(He's got the monkeys, let's see the monkeys)
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And to view them he charges no fee
(He's generous, so generous)
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He's got slaves, he's got servants and flunkies
(Proud to work for him)
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They bow to his whim love serving him
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They're just lousy with loyalty
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To Ali!...Prince Ali!
Outro
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Prince Ali! Amorous he! Ali Ababwa
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Heard your princess was a sight lovely to see
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And that, good people, is why
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he got dolled up and dropped by
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With sixty elephants, llamas galore
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With his bears and lions, A brass band and more
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With his forty fakirs,
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his cooks, his bakers
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His birds that warble on key
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Make way for Prince Ali!