07 May 2010

Blame It On The Samba by The Dinning Sisters, Organist Ethel Smith

If your spirits have hit a new low
And they long to hit a new high
One little musical cocktail
Will lift them to the sky


Mix a jigger of rhythm
With a strain of a few guitars
And a dash of the samba
And a few melodious bars


And then, and then...


You take a small cabassa (chi-chi-chi-chi-chi)
One pandeiro (cha-cha-cha-cha-cha)
Take the cuíca (boom-boom-boom-boom)
You’ve got the fascinating rhythm of the samba


And if guitars are strumming (chi-chi-chi-chi-chi)
Birds are humming (cha-cha-cha-cha-cha)
Drums are drumming (boom-boom-boom-boom)
Then you can blame it on the rhythm of the samba


For there is something ’bout the beat you cling to
That’s the type of song you sing to
That’s the kind of thing you swing to
When you get to bouncing with the beat in your feet


But when you’re bouncing to the beat you’re reeling
With the carioca feeling
But if you want to hit the ceiling
Here is all you have to do


You take a small cabassa [...]


(I didn’t manage to get the rest of the lyrics, but you can watch it on YouTube; Blame it on the Samba.)


> Starring: Donald Duck, José ‘Zé’ Carioca, The Aracuan Bird, Ethel Smith, and voices of The Dinning Sisters.


Amazing, amazing piece of music! The rhythm was cheerful, the lyrics were awakening. A very nice piece for a bluish day! ^^



Cheers,
Lina.

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