![]() Percy French wrote the song in 1877 for a smoking concert while studying at Trinity College Dublin. It tells the story of two valiant heroes-the titular Abdulla, fighting for the Turks, and his foe (originally named Ivan Potschjinsky Skidar in French's version), a Russian warrior-who encounter each other, engage in verbal boasting, and are drawn into a duel in which both perish. " Abdul Abulbul Amir" is the most common name for a music-hall song written in 1877 (during the Russo-Turkish War) under the title "Abdulla Bulbul Ameer" by Percy French, and subsequently altered and popularized by a variety of other writers and performers. ![]() Ivan Skavinsky Skavar ( Stephen Fry) and Abdul the Bulbul Emir (Tony Cosmo), as depicted in a "Whitbread Best Beer" advert of 1982. ![]()
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