Original version(s)

• Claimed to have been originally written by Sol Bloom as "Little Egypt" in 1893.
• Copyrighted as "The Streets Of Cairo or The Poor Little Country Maid" by James Thornton in 1895
• Said to be an ancient Arabic popular song called "Kradoutja."
• All this info from: http://www.shira.net/streets-of-cairo.htm

 

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• The Grand Wazoo (1972), quoted in The Grand Wazoo, recorded at Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA, April 14, 1972
• One Size Fits All 50th Anniversary (2025), quoted in Pygmy Twylyte, performed in Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 28, 1974
• Halloween 77 (2017), quoted in Wild Love, performed in New York, NY, October 28, 1977, late show

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• April-May 1974 (MOI 10th Anniversary Tour)—known quotations: 1
• September-October 1974 (MOI European Tour)—known quotations: 2
• October-December 1974 (MOI)—known quotations: 1
• January-March 1976 (MOI Pacific & European Tour)—known quotations: 3
• September-December 1977 (North America)—known quotations: 1
• October-December 1980 (North America)—known quotations: 1

 

Comments

A partial list of "Streets Of Cairo" quotations, compiled by Charles Ulrich

Grand Wazoo (studio version, 1972)
74/05/04 (late) Washington: improvisations
74/09/12 (late) Frankfurt: Dinah-Moe Humm
74/09/28 Rotterdam: Pygmy Twylyte
74/11/27 St. Paul: Village Of The Sun
76/03/02 (late) Lund: Illinois Enema Bandit
76/03/03 (late) Copenhagen: Poodle Lecture, Filthy Habits
77/10/28 (late) New York: Wild Love
80/11/30 Des Moines: City Of Tiny Lights
81/09/09 (late) Santa Cruz: Black Page #2

Any more?