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  2. Shriner's Convention - Wikipedia

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    The premise of the song is the "43rd Annual Convention of the Grand Mystic Royal Order of the Nobles of the Ali Baba Temple of the Shrine." Each verse describes a different aspect of the convention: first a parade, then a formal banquet, and finally a ceremonial "secret meeting", which is actually a poker game.

  3. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - Wikipedia

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    Ali Baba and his older brother, Cassim (Arabic: قاسم Qāsim, sometimes spelled Kasim), are the sons of a merchant. After their father's death, the greedy Cassim marries a wealthy woman and becomes well-to-do, living lazily on their father's business and his wife’s wealth. Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into the trade of a ...

  4. Chu Chin Chow - Wikipedia

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    I'll Sing and 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) – words and music by Frederic ...

  5. Daar kom die Alibama - Wikipedia

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    Daar kom die Alibama" (in English: "There comes the Alibama") is a traditional Afrikaans song [1] and Cape jazz song. [2] According to some sources, the song's history dates back to about 1863, and it originally referred to the warship, the CSS Alabama. [3] [4] The English name, Alabama, was respelt in the Cape Dutch vernacular to Alibama.

  6. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (album) - Wikipedia

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    The New York Times commented: "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, with Crosby again at the controls, is a musical rendition of this old favorite from ‘The Arabian Nights’. The lyrics are by Sammy Cahn, the music by Mary Rodgers. They have combined to make some outstanding songs, especially one called ‘My Own Individual Star’.

  7. Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956 film) - Wikipedia

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    Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum became the second major Tamil film adaptation of the story of Ali Baba; the first was the 1941 film of the same name. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] While that version was a comedy , this one was more action -oriented.

  8. Open sesame - Wikipedia

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    Ali Baba overhearing one of the thieves saying "Open Sesame". "Open sesame" (French: Sésame, ouvre-toi; Arabic: افتح يا سمسم, romanized: iftaḥ yā simsim) is a magical phrase in the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in Antoine Galland's version of One Thousand and One Nights. It opens the mouth of a cave in which forty ...

  9. List of works influenced by One Thousand and One Nights

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    The 1986 song "Rhymin' and Stealin'" by rap group the Beastie Boys makes reference to the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. The 1991 song "Şehrezat" by famous Turkish songwriter and singer Barış Manço is strongly based on Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) with an extended part of original lyrics.