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From: tzf@LPL.Arizona.EDU (Terry Friedman via parallax )
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Ed,

Since I'm new to the list I threw camel out as a teaser, since it might
be old hat. Still not sure, since today's postings indicate that
you're something of a collector, whether you're suggesting I put it
up for all or you're just interested in possible variants. Please repost if
you think it's something others might be interested in.

I learned this from Dave Firestein a few years ago. I don't know what
the source tune is (indeed, I suspect it changes a bit each time we
sing it), but it's in 3/4. I've since seen it in some bawdy collections
on my shelves, sometimes lacking the Lydia interlude (which seems to have
slipped my mind too for the moment: what's there is approximate)

The sexual life of the camel
is stranger than anyone thinks
when the camel starts to get passionate
he starts to make love to the sphinx
But the sphinx's celestial anatomy
is crammed with the sands of the Nile
Which accounts for the hump on the camel
and the sphinx's inscrutable smile.

Oh....
when Lydia goes to make water
she shoots an incredible stream
she pisses for hours and hours
till you can't see the stars through the steam
Which has nothing to do with the camel
Or the ...... (?)
But is only a (brief intermission)
Till the chorus comes round once again:

Oh..
The sexual life