HOLIDAY IN SPAIN 
Edmundo Ros - 1950s


I’m very fond of London town, it’s true
But in the winter, I’ll admit to you
Whenever it’s a cold and foggy day
I shiver and I feel inclined to say

I’ll part with Piccadilly for any part of Chile
For Leicester Square just give me Paraguay
In Peckham I was paler, but not in Venezuela
I want a land of sunshine and ole

I’ll leave you Lord’s Pavillion
For something more Brazilian
South Kensington I’ll swap for the Sante Fe
Though Hampstead’s cool and cleaner
I’ll pass for Argentina
I want a land of sunshine and ole

With macheros, in their sombreros
I will ride the burning pampas like a breeze
Life will be sweeter with senoritas
Who can bessame as mucho as they please

The Thames and other trivia
I’ll barter for Bolivia
You have your Chelsea, I’ll have Uruguay
I’ll trade you Potters Bar, sir, for Nicaragua, sir
I want a land of sunshine and ole

But I am joking, ‘though fog is choking
I am a Londoner in spite of everything
Winter weather can’t last forever
And I want to be in London in the spring

So, goodbye caballeros, thanks for your rancheros
I’d rather be in Mayfair any day
Now I haven’t any option, I’m a cockney by adoption
So keep your land of sunshine and ole

Goodbye caballeros, senoritas, campaneros
Maybe sometime I’ll come for that holiday
To your beautiful land of sunshine and ole