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Thread #105249 Message #2163391
Posted By: Jim Dixon
04-Oct-07 - 03:44 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin)
Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL SEE YOU IN C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin)
1. Not so far from here, There's a very lively atmosphere. Ev'rybody's going there this year; And there's a reason the season opened last July. Ever since the USA went dry, Ev'rybody's going there and I'm going too. I'm on my way to--
CHORUS: Cuba, there's where I'm going. Cuba, there's where I'll stay: Cuba, where wine is flowing, And where dark-eyed Stellas Light their fellers' panatelas. Cuba, where all is happy, Cuba, where all is gay. Why don't you plan a wonderful trip To Havana? Hop on a ship And I'll see you in C-U-B-A.
2. Take a friend's advice: Drinking in a cellar isn't nice. Anybody who has got the price Should be a Cuban. Have you been longing for the smile That you haven't had for quite a while? If you have, then follow me and I'll show the way. Come on along to-- CHORUS
[This song is full of delightful internal rhymes: reason/season, Stellas/fellas'/panatelas, plan-a/Havana, see-you/C-U, Cuban/you-been.]