Give Me a Band And a Bandana
Carmen Miranda
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Give me a band and a bandana
I want do dance
I want to shake my shoes in good old town
Give me a band and a bandana
I want to pick 'im up and lay 'im down
I don't care for a hoochie-coochie
And I don't like the shimmy
Trick my feet to a tropical fit
And gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Give me a band and a bandana
Cause I don't want a Romeo, I don't want a romance,
No, I only want to dance, dance
Any band that his hand can make me feel bandit
I don't need a brand for kicks
Give me a rhythm that is latin
And I'll show Manhattan my South American tricks
Samba!
(Bando da Lua) O que é que a baiana tem?
Tem torso de seda tem
(BL) Tem!
Corrente de ouro tem
(BL) Tem!
Tem bata rendada tem
(BL) Claro que tem!
Tem saia engomada tem
(BL) Claro que tem!
Sandália enfeitada tem
(BL) Claro que tem!
E tem graça como ninguém
(BL) O que é que a baiana tem?
Como ela requebra bem
(BL) O que é que a baiana tem?
Quando você se requebrar caia por cima de mim
Caia por cima de mim, caia por cima de mim
E quando eu penso na Bahia nem sei que dó que me dá
Ô me dá, me dá, me dá Yoyô
(BL) Dá, dá, dá Yayá
E seu eu pudesse "quarqué" dia eu ia de novo prá lá
(BL) Oi, vá, vá, vá Yayá
Eu "vô", eu "vô", se "vô", Yoyô
And that's why...
I don't care for a hootchie-coochie
And I don't like the shimmy
Trick my feet to a tropical fit
And gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Give me a band and a bandana
I want my hips to say "hip-oh-so-ray!"
Give me a band and a bandana
Cause I don't want a Romeo, I don't want a romance
No, I only want to dance
(Choir) I don't care for a hootchie-coochie
And I don't like the shimmy
Trick my feet to a tropical fit
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Give me a band and a bandana
I don't want a Romeo
(Choir) No, no, no!
No, no, no romance
(Choir) This means that I don't care
I don't want love
(Choir) No?
No!
(Choir) Why not?
Because... I only want to dance
Give me a band and a bandana!
I want to dance, I love to dance!