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Bob Coltman Lyr Req: bawdy 'Valencia?' (8) Lyr Req: bawdy 'Valencia?' 12 Mar 08


In another thread someone mentioned offhand a bawdy lyric titled (I think):

VALENCIA

Stick your head between your legs [or knees]
And whistle Barcelona [or whistle up your Barcelona].

I've had no luck finding it. Does anyone know more of the words?   And what tune is used? Is it a parody of the 1925 Boyer/Charles "Valencia" translated from the De la Prada/Jose Padilla Spanish original? --

Valencia, in my dreams it always seems I hear you softly call to me ...
You loved me in Valencia long ago, we found a paradise of love.

Or is it either of the two "Barcelona" songs -- Donald Bestorp/Marvin Lee's 1911:

Fair maid of Spain, hear my refrain,
Soon I'll return to you again ...

Or maybe more likely the 1926 Tolchard Evans-Gus Kahn kidding song, amusing enough to quote at some length:

I'll marry the Belle of Barcelona
In beautiful Spain, I think it's in Spain,
I like it so well in Barcelona,
That's where I'll remain, I guess I'll remain,
There ev'ry night I'll serenade her,
I've bought a second-hand guitar,
If to elope I can persuade her,
We'll take along her father's car,
I'll marry the Belle of Barcelona,
She loves me I know, for I told her so.

Or is it something else completely? (The tune of Yankee Doodle fits, too.)

Thanks, Bob


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