When Bomba Plays A Rhumba 1937

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 31 Jan 2009
2009

There's the cabaret
way out in Cuba
where the tunes they play
can touch the spot.
And there is a band
way out in Cuba
got a leader!
What a leader!
Lovers soon discover
that he's hot.

When Bomba plays a number
with his Rumba Band,
Havana doesn't slumber
it's a happy land,
The couples all canoodle
in the cabaret,
when Bomba plays the tuba
in the Cuba way.
The Cuban stars are in
the skies so glamorous,
and Cuban lips and Cuban eyes
are amorous.
See them romancing
while they are dancing
You'll say that love is grand,
when Bomba plays a number
with his Rumba Band.

When Bomba plays a number
with his Rumba Band,
Havana doesn't slumber
it's a happy land,
The couples all canoodle
in the cabaret,
when Bomba plays the tuba
in the Cuba way.
The Cuban stars are in
the skies so glamorous,
and Cuban lips and Cuban eyes
are amorous.
See them romancing
while they are dancing
You'll say that love is grand,
when Bomba plays a number
with his Rumba Band.

When they start to swing
way out in Cuba
then they have that thing,
that beats the band.
Take a ship and make
a trip to Cuba,
fall in love there
all in love there,
tell you that the spell
is on the land.

When Bomba plays a number
with his Rumba Band,
Havana doesn't slumber
it's a happy land,
The couples all canoodle
in the cabaret,
when Bomba plays the tuba
in the Cuba way.
The Cuban stars are in
the skies so glamorous,
and Cuban lips and Cuban eyes
are amorous.
See them romancing
while they are dancing
You'll say that love is grand,
when Bomba plays a number
with his Rumba Band.

When Bomba plays a number
with his Rumba Band,
Havana doesn't slumber
it's a happy land,
The couples all canoodle
in the cabaret,
when Bomba plays the tuba
in the Cuba way.
The Cuban stars are in
the skies so glamorous,
and Cuban lips and Cuban eyes
are amorous.
See them romancing
while they are dancing
You'll say that love is grand,
when Bomba plays a number
with his Rumba Band.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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When Bomba Plays A Rhumba 1937
Music by Alexander Berglas
Lyrics by Clifford Grey
© 1937 by B.Feldman & Co. - London, England
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 31 January 2009 at 18.25
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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