. . . "225.0"^^ . . "\"Ahab the Arab\" is a novelty song written and recorded by Ray Stevens in 1962. In the song, Arab is pronounced \"Ay-rab\" to rhyme with Ahab. The hero of the story is Clyde the camel and Stevens has made references to Clyde numerous times throughout his career.It followed Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills becoming his second top 40 hit. It reached number five on Billboard's Hot 100 and number nine on the Billboard R&B chart."@en . . . . "Ahab the Arab"@en . "167.0"^^ .