I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi  1941 Carmen Miranda

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 23 Jun 2002

There's a girl in Rio de Janeiro,
who sings in a café,
with a smile that's so entrancing,
so sweet, so cute, so gay,
when you go to Rio de Janeiro,
say you'll enjoy your stay,
when she sings an American love song
in a South American way.

I, yi, yi, yi, yi, I like you very much,
I, yi, yi, yi, yi, I think you're grand,
Why, why, why, is it that
when I feel your touch,
my heart starts to beat,
to beat the band.
I, yi, yi, yi, yi, like you to hold me tight,
you are too, too, too, too, too divine,
If you want to be in someone's arms tonight,
just be sure the arms you're in are mine,
Oh, I like your lips
and I like your eyes,
would you like my hips
to hipsnotize you,
Si, si, si, si, si, si, see the moon above,
Way, way, way, way, way up in the blue,
Si, si, si, señor I think I fall in love
and when I fall,
I think I fall for you,
I, yi, yi, yi,
Si, si, si, si,
I, yi, yi, yi can see, see, see
that you're for me.

In the glow of Rio de Janeiro,
when once that girl you've met,
all your cares will fall to zero,
she will teach you to forget,
and some day when Rio de Janeiro,
has faded from your view,
still you'll hear the echo of the love song
that she sang so softly to you.

I, yi, yi, yi, yi, I like you very much,
I, yi, yi, yi, yi, I think you're grand,
Why, why, why, is it that
when I feel your touch,
my heart starts to beat,
to beat the band.
I, yi, yi, yi, yi, like you to hold me tight,
you are too, too, too, too, too divine,
If you want to be in someone's arms tonight,
just be sure the arms you're in are mine,
Oh, I like your lips
and I like your eyes,
would you like my hips
to hipsnotize you,
Si, si, si, si, si, si, see the moon above,
Way, way, way, way, way up in the blue,
Si, si, si, señor I think I fall in love
and when I fall,
I think I fall for you,
I, yi, yi, yi,
Si, si, si, si,
I, yi, yi, yi can see, see, see
that you're for me.

I, yi, yi, yi, yi, I like you very much,
I, yi, yi, yi, yi, I think you're grand,
Why, why, why, is it that
when I feel your touch,
my heart starts to beat,
to beat the band.
I, yi, yi, yi, yi, like you to hold me tight,
you are too, too, too, too, too divine,
If you want to be in someone's arms tonight,
just be sure the arms you're in are mine,
Oh, I like your lips
and I like your eyes,
would you like my hips
to hipsnotize you,
Si, si, si, si, si, si, see the moon above,
Way, way, way, way, way up in the blue,
Si, si, si, señor I think I fall in love
and when I fall,
I think I fall for you,
I, yi, yi, yi,
Si, si, si, si,
I, yi, yi, yi can see, see, see
that you're for me.

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I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi  1941
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
copyright 1941 by Twentieth Century Music Corp, New York
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 23 June 2002 at 10.17
in association with Doug Grierson
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sung by Carmen Miranda
in the 20th Century-Fox Picture
'That Night In Rio'
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