I LEFT MY HAT IN HAITI
From the film "Royal Wedding" (1951)
(Music: Burton Lane / Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner)


Fred Astaire (Film Soundtrack) - 1951
Billy Eckstine - 1951
Brent Barrett - 2002




I left my hat in Haiti
In some forgotten flat in Haiti
I couldn't tell you how I got there
I only know it was so hot there


She took my hat politely
And wound her arms around me tightly
But I remember nothing clearly
Except the flame when she came near me


Her eyes had the glow of surrender
And her touch it was tender
And with someone as fiery as that
You forget about your hat


So if you go to Haiti
There is a girl I know in Haiti
If you can find her you'll adore her
Just look around till you've found someone who has a blue-grey fedora


(Orchestral Break)


Her eyes had the glow of surrender
And her touch it was tender
And with someone as fiery as that
You forget about your hat


So if you go to Haiti
There is a girl I know in Haiti
If you can find her you'll adore her
Just look around till you've found someone who has a blue-grey fedora






(Transcribed from the Billy Eckstine
recording by Mel Priddle - Dec 2007)