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Thread #150823   Message #2983232
Posted By: Jim Dixon
09-Sep-10 - 01:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/ADD: Homer & Jethro Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: CIELITO LINDO (from Homer & Jethro)
The original of this is in the DT: CIELITO LINDO by Quirino Mendoza y Cortez.

This is an odd one in that it mostly isn't meant to be funny. Only the last verse contains a joke, and a feeble one at that.


CIELITO LINDO
As sung by Homer & Jethro.

1. In Mexico, 'neath the mountains' glow,
To the plains below comes a maiden.
What a prize, with her laughing eyes
And her tender sighs, romance laden.

CHORUS: Ay-ay-ay-ay, beautiful heaven.
Your golden voice makes my heart rejoice
And if I'm your choice, that means heaven.

2. An arrow flies through the angry skies
While two roguish eyes are a-gleamin'.
Cupid's dart now has pierced my heart,
And when we're apart, I keep dreamin'. CHORUS

3. She left Mexico to go with a show
With Homer an' Jethro an' Pedro.
She didn't know that there'd be no show.
She wound up singin' a solo. CHORUS TWICE.