South American Way 1939

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 June 2004

Why don't you play
the South American way?
You can forget all your cares
in love affairs,
in Buenos Aires,
Why don't you do the way they do in Peru?
Have a good time while you may.
Make love at night,
and dream all day;

HiYi, HiYi,
Have you ever danced in the tropics?
In that hazy lazy like,
kind of crazy like South American way,
HiYi, HiYi,
Have you ever kissed in the moonlight?
In the grand and glorious,
gay notorious South American way,
The Latin scheme of love
is like a dream of love,
a Latin stream of love is in their veins.
They'll buy a jewel for you
or fight a duel for you
or drive a mule for you
across the plains,
HiYi, HiYi,
there is melody in their music,
while the gauchos sing
it come on and swing it
the South American way.

HiYi, HiYi,
Have you ever danced in the tropics?
In that hazy lazy like,
kind of crazy like South American way,
HiYi, HiYi,
Have you ever kissed in the moonlight?
In the grand and glorious,
gay notorious South American way,
The Latin scheme of love
is like a dream of love,
a Latin stream of love is in their veins.
They'll buy a jewel for you
or fight a duel for you
or drive a mule for you
across the plains,
HiYi, HiYi,
there is melody in their music,
while the gauchos sing
it come on and swing it
the South American way.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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South American Way 1939
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Al Dubin
© 1939 Warner Bros.Inc.
(renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 16 June 2004 at 12.24
in association with Doug Grierson
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