Eli, the Camel Songtext
von Ferlin Husky

Now there′s an old brown camel on a cigarette pack
He's a-waitin′ for his master but he ain't come back
He's been standin′ there for years in the same old place
With the same old look upon his old long face

Eli the camel, he never gets a drink
I wonder what old Eli thinks
Standin′ on the front of a cigarette pack
Eli the camel with the hump upon his back

I have often wondered what his master did
When he went behind that big pyramid
Some say he got a sunstroke and the old man died
But I think he's at the hotel on the other side

I think he found a harem and he moved on in
Forgot all about his faithful friend
Standin′ on the front of a cigarette pack
Eli the camel with the hump upon his back


Eli the camel, he never gets a drink
I wonder what old Eli thinks
Standin' on the front of a cigarette pack
Eli the camel with the hump upon his back

He never gets no lovin′ and he don't have any fun
He keeps right on a-standin′ in the burnin' sun
Standin' all the time on a cigarette pack
Eli the camel with the hump upon his back

If only Eli could talk, well I bet my boots to you
He could tell the world a thing or two
He′s been all around the world and back
Ridin′ on the front of a cigarette pack

Eli the camel, he never gets a drink
I wonder what old Eli thinks
Standin' on the front of a cigarette pack
Eli the camel with the hump upon his back

Eli