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Carmen Miranda
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Date Posted: 20:29:38 05/21/03 Wed
In reply to:
MJ
's message, "CARLA IN HER NATIONAL COSTUME" on 00:30:44 05/21/03 Wed
I wonder why does ev'rybody look at me
And then begin to talk about a Christmas tree?
I hope that means that ev'ryone was glad to see
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat.
The gentlemen, they want to make me say, "Si, si!"
But I don't tell that, I tell them, "Yes, siree!"
And maybe that's why they come for dates with me,
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat.
Some people say I dress too gay,
But ev'ryday I feel so gay;
And when I'm gay, I dress that way
Is something wrong with that?
Americanos tell me that my hat is high,
Because I will not take it off to kiss a guy;
But if I ever start to take it off, ay! ay!
I do that once for Johnny Smith
And he is very happy with
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat.
You hear a lot of people shouting, "There she goes!"
You see a senorita dressed in flashy clothes,
In Panama City everybody knows
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat.
When she begins to sing a song you better listen, please;
The temperature goes up a hundred more degrees;
Although they're freezing prices they could never freeze
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat.
It isn't any wonder that
She likes her native habitat,
'Cause when she likes to pick a hat,
She picks it off the trees.
She always has a half a dozen Romeos,
And when they come to sing a serenade, she throws
A lemon or banana like you throw a rose.
But Casanovas still prefer
That hep and happy character
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat.
written by: Leo Robbin and Harry Warren, with some lyric modifications.
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