The lyrics of the Song of Tutankhamen, forcefully delivered by Mr Maurice Ballance who played the part of the Pharoah:
The feeble seasons come and go - The fickle moon doth wax and wane - The desert breezes whisper low And in a twinkling rage amain. But steadfast and serene I trow Stands rocklike in the passing show - Mighty Tutankhamen
The Nile descends with passage slow; Then of a sudden comes the rain, And fearful do the waters grow - And then are shrunken once again. Immutable I stand, although All nature seeths with ebb and flow Mighty Tutankhamen
An when I fare to meet the foe Fear and elation I disdain The women track the Pharaoh's bow There where thickest lie the slain I reek not of their hate or woe As on my glorious path I go - Mighty Tutankhamen
The secret traitor crouching low May strike and find his striking vain - A deathless body to bestow On me the pristine gods fain. Behold I am devine, and lo - I laugh at the assassin's blow I am Tutankhamen
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