Minnie From Trinidad 1941 Judy Garland

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Dec 2012
2012

I'm goin' to tell you a story
And there's no moral to be made
But don't forget when your dancing
That somehow the piper must be paid

Down on the Nile in the southern sea's
There lives a lassy named Minnie Breeze
And all the natives agree that she's
The hottest thing in Trinidad

When Minne dances I guarantee
With every move of her vertebrae
The temperature jump up ten degree
In Trinidad that isn't bad

Aye, aye, aye,
they call her Minnie from Trinidad
Aye, aye, aye,
they all love Minnie from Trinidad
Aye, aye, aye,
and all the natives would be so sad
If Minnie ever left Trinidad

Although the natives loved Minnie so
Minnie had herself a steady bow
A fellow known as Calypso Joe
And Minnie swore they'd never part

But they stepped in only as they could
Min won a contest for dancing good
So she went away to Hollywood
When Joe heard that, it broke his heart

Aye, aye, aye,
they call her Minnie from Trinidad
Aye, aye, aye,
she wasn't good but she wasn't bad
Aye, aye, aye,
Calypso Joe was so very sad
When Minnie up and left Trinidad

In Hollywood Minnie traveled far
They changed her name to Minnie Lamar
And pretty soon she became a star
The siren of the picture show

But one day Minnie got awful mad
A guy got fresh and she said "You cad"
My heart belongs to my Trinidad
My Trinidad Calypso Joe

Aye, aye, aye,
they call her Minnie from Trinidad
Aye, aye, aye,
in Hollywood Minnie met her cad
Aye, aye, aye,
but there is only one native lad
Gets chinny with Minnie from Trinidad

So Minnie gave up her dough and fame
And she went back to from where she came
But when she got there she heard with shame
That her Calypso Joe was dead

When Minnie heard that, she almost died
She took a gun to try suicide
But as she started to shoot
She cried, "I think I'd rather live instead"

Aye, aye, aye,
they call her Minnie from Trinidad
Aye, aye, aye,
she went away and they were so sad
Aye, aye, aye,
but now the natives are mighty glad
'Cause Minnie came back to Trinidad

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Minnie From Trinidad 1941 Judy Garland
from the MGM Picture "Ziegfeld Girl"
by Roger Edens
© 1941 by Leo Feist Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 29 December 2012 at 22.04
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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