South America, Take It Away

South America, Take It Away - Xavier Cugat

South America baba-loo ay-yi-yi baba-loo

One favor you can do ay-yi-yi you can do

You beautiful lands below

Don't know what you began

To put it plainly I'm tired of shakin'

To that Pan-American plan

Take back your Samba ay your Rumba ay your Conga ay-yi-yi

I can't keep movin' ay my chassis ay any longer ay-yi-yi

Now maybe Latins ay in their middles ay are built stronger ay-yi-yi

But all this takin' to the quakin' and this makin' with the shakin' leaves me achin' olé

First shake around and settle there

Then you shake around and settle here

Then you shake around and settle there

That's enough that's enough

Take it back my spine's outta-whack

There's a strange click-clack

In the back of my Sacroiliac

Take back your Conga ay your Samba ay your Rumba ay-yi-yi

Why can't you send us ay a less strenu- ay -ous number ay-yi-yi

I got more bumps now ay than on a ay cucumber ay-yi-yi

While all those Latin drums are cloppin' like a Jumpin' Jack I'm hoppin' without stoppin' olé

I got a wriggle and a diddle and a jiggle like a fiddle in my middle olé

South America take it away