It is sung by a Jewish/Yiddish dialect narrator (allowing such rhymes as Rebecca/Mecca/Turkish Terbecca - Tobacco) about a New York Jewish girl who has gone to the Middle East after starring in an "oriental show" and has now returned to New York with mysterious Eastern Ways.
It is told by a Jewish/Yiddish speaker, using rhymes like Rebecca/Mecca/Turkish Terbecca - Tobacco, about a New York girl who traveled to the Middle East after performing in an 'oriental' production and has now returned home with unfamiliar Eastern practices.