Me I am a Camel Man, I'm a Syrian, an Ottoman
Came across to the Rio Grande Under orders from Buchanan
He said "Geronimo our Apache Foe, rides the range to Mexico
Further than our horses go, and we think you can change the show"

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   So call me Hi Jolly Hadji Ali
  Man of War in the Camel Corps Riding the Mohave
  Hey ho Geronimo What do you think of me?
  Just Call me Hi Jolly, Hadji Ali

Fort Mojave to Camp Verde, El Paso to Albuquerque
We packed up our Dromedaries and showed the west our "camelry"
With bales of mail we hit the trail going where the mules failed
After years of that Travail We just couldn't make the sale

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So We told our camels to vamoose when the army decided to reduce
left Geronimo to his old papoose he and me we called a truce
now out there all around the west you'll find my camels dispossessed
even though I tried my best, I guess you know the rest

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