CIELITO LINDO (English Lyrics)
Quirino Mendoza Y Cortes (m)  1919

as rec by The King Sisters w Alvino Rey & his Orch  
March 28th 1840 los Angeles,

also rec by-
Martha Tilton w Curt Massey '57
Ella Fitzgerald '71


Let me tell you 'bout a Latin guy
'Neath a beautful beautful beautful sky.

You know my brother,
Ooh, what a lover!
All day he strums in his guitar;
But he doesn't get far,
For his senorita loves another!

Play, play your song,
Oh, stop your weeping!
She'll hear your tune, la-la, la-la-la!
So play on while she's sleeping!

I-yi-yi-yi!
Oh, don't you cry, da-doo-da-da!
She'll hear your tune
And come to you soon,
So play on while she's sleeping!

[Spanish lyrics]

I, yi-yi-yi-yi, yi-yi!
Da-doo-da-doo-da-doo-da, da-doo-da-doo!
I, yi-yi-yi-yi!
Let me confess what I feel for you.

Let me confess that I love you,
Let me profess I adore you;
Senorita, wake up, wake up, wake up,
Hear my serenade of love to you.

I, si-si-si!
Cielito lindo makes a beautiful sky,
I-hi, oh what a guy1
Here I'm singing to her 'neath the beautiful sky,
I-yi!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - August 2009)