SOUTH AMERICAN WAY
From the Broadway Musical "The Streets Of Paris" (1939)
(Al Dubin / Jimmy McHugh)

Carmen Miranda (Broadway Production) - 1939
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - 1939
Al Donahue & His Orch. (vocal: Paula Kelly) - 1939
The Andrews Sisters with Glenn Miller & His Orch. - 1940
Dinah Shore - 1941

Also recorded by:
Harry Roy & His Band; Sonia Santana; Daryl Sherman;
Jean Sablon; Robert Farnon; Malcolm Gets; Al Dubin;
Desi Arnaz; Red Mitchell; Bryan Batt.


Ai, ai, ai, ai
É o canto do prigoneiro
Que com sua harmonia
Traz alegria
In South American way
Ai, ai, ai, ai
E o que faz em seu tabuleiro
Vende pra ioiô
E vende pra iaiá
In South American way
E vende vatapá
E vende caruru
E vende mungunzá
Vende umbu
No tabuleiro tem
Oi tem de tudo tem
E só não tem meu bem
Berenguendem

Ai, ai, ai, ai
Have you ever danced in the tropics?
With that hazy lazy
Like, kind of crazy
Like South American way
Ai, ai, ai, ai
Have you ever kissed in the moonlight
In the grand and glorious
Gay notorious
South American way



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SOUTH AMERICAN WAY (The Andrews Sisters)


as recorded by The Andrews Sisters 
with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra


Hi-yi, hi-yi,
Have you ever danced in the tropics
In that hazy lazy like,
Kind of crazy like,
South American way@

Hi-yi, hi-yi,
Have you ever kissed in the moonlight
In the grand and glorious,
Gay notorious,
South American way?

The Latin scheme of love
Is like a dream of love,
A Latin stream of love
Is in their veins.
They'll buy a jewel for you,
Or fight a dual for you,
Or drive a mule for you
Across the plains.

Hi-yi, hi-yi,
There is melody in their music;
While the gauchos sing it,
Come on and swing it
The South American way.

(scat)
Hi-yi, hi-yi-oy-yi,
Could you have ever kissed in the moonlight?
If you've never kissed a boy,
What you've missed
In that South American way!

The Latin scheme of love
Is like a dream of love,
Is like a stream of love
Is in their veins.
They'll buy a jewel for you,
Or fight a dual for you,
They'll ride a mule for you
Across the plains.

Hi-yi, hi-yi,
There is melody in their music;
While the gauchos sing it,
Come on and swing it
The South American way.

The Latin scheme of love
Is like a dream of love,
A Latin stream of love
Is in their veins.
They'll buy a jewel for you,
Or fight a dual for you,
Or ride a mule for you
Across the plains.

Hi-hi, hi-hi-hi,hi-hi,
There is melody in their music;
While the gauchos sing it,
Come on and swing it
The South American way.

They will drive a mule across the plains,
Even if it starts to rain,
The South American way, hi-hi, hi-hi, hi-hi, hi!





(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2012)