ADIÓS


(Enric Madriguera (m) / Eddie Woods (l) ) 1931


As performed by Smith Ballew (with Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra)


Also played by:

Benny Goodman

Mantovani

Glen Miller

Stan Kenton



Adiós

In leaving you, I'm grieving

Do say adiós

My heart is aching, even breaking

I sigh and cry

My adiós, adiós to you.


And in this heart

That made me out

What used to be

Just for you and me

Set apart.


Moon watching and waiting above

Soon it will be blessing our love.


Adiós

Our happy ending marriage

And dear to you

With the hearts true

No more to bid you,

Adiós.


Notes:


This popular melody, a Rumba/Foxtrot became a national hit in 1941. 
Madriguera also wrote Sambas . Note that this song has a 
variety of lyrics which have been applied to the melody. The lyric 
above is taken directly from the 1931 recording with Smith Ballew 
but others exist.


Enric (Enrique) Madriguera, Barcelona Spain born, was a child 
prodigy with the violin. He relocated to the USA where he became 
a lead violinist and finally a conductor. Later in life, he worked 
for Columbia records in charge of the Latin American music section 
where he had his first exposure to Latin tempos. He formed a band 
for the Havana Casino and later returned to form a swing band in 
the USA in 1934. By 1940, he had switched his love to Latin 
American melodies exclusively. He was dearly beloved by all South 
American countries which gave him the nickname "Ambassador Of Music 
To All The Americas'.


Smith (Sykes) Ballew, an American from Texas USA, was a orchestra 
leader, singer and actor during the 1920s through the 1950s. 
Although he sang in many swing bands of the day, he is perhaps best 
known for his roles as a one of the early singing cowboys of the 
'silver screen' when he performed in a number of Westerns.


(Transcribed by David Story June 2014)