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MorwenEdhelwen1 Funny Tin Pan Alley songs about Cuba? (20) RE: Funny Tin Pan Alley songs about Cuba? 10 Jun 13


BTW, is that revision the version in the movie Blue Skies? (yay for the Internet!). The one with this alternate second verse?

Why don't you do your drinking like a Cuban,
Instead of hiding in a cellar?
Since Prohibition tell me pal, have you been
A very frightened little feller?

Why don't you pour it from the bottle,
'Stead of a tiny silver flask,
Drink your Scotch, rum, and gin,
Where the dries can get in,

The finest bars are there, cigars are there,
That only are made in Cuba.
I'm not a drinking lady, I never smoked a Panatella
But I'm a she who likes to be where all is gay, okay!

So let us leave our cares and troubles behind
And tell 'em our new address
Is where they stay up late and drink till they're blind?
Blind, but nevertheless
They're glad to see you in C.U.B.A.


Why don't you travel with us on a train or a bus
To Miami where we can begin
To plan a wonderful trip on a plane or a ship
That'll take us from Florida to Havana?
See you in C.U.B.A!


Found those lyrics here


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