Background to the song: This song
appears in the comedy Ali Baba Bujang Lapok (Old Bachelor's Ali Baba), part
of the Bujang Lapok series that starred P Ramlee, S Shamsudin and Aziz
Sattar. Here, Ali Baba has a brother, Kassim (KA-same) - a Scrooge, who
got the secret password to the cave from Ali, who
in turn, got it from the leader of the 40 thieves. When Kassim is caught
trying to make off with the treasures in the cave, he is chopped to bits.
Ali finds his brother and brings him home. He then calls Kassim's servant
(slave - the story is set in old Bagdad) Marjina (marr-g-nah) to fetch
the tailor (a Chinese man) to sew Kassim together. She goes across
the street to his shop in the middle of the night, veiled, and promises
him gold if here does the job, on condition he is blindfolded. He agrees
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