From “Flying Down To Rio”, 1933.
Words by Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu.
Music by Vincent Youmans.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Say, have you seen the carioca?
It’s not a foxtrot or a polka
It has a little bit of new rhythm
A blue rhythm that sighs
It has a meter that is tricky
A bit of wicked wacky-wicky
But when you dance it with a new love
There’ll be true love in her eyes
Refrain
You’ll dream of the new carioca
Its theme is a kiss and a sigh
You’ll dream of the new carioca
When music and lights are gone
And we’re saying goodbye
Interlude
Two heads together
They say, are better than one
Two heads together
That’s how the dance is begun
Two arms around you and lips that sigh
“I am yours and you are mine”
While the carioca carries you away
Mine, while we carioca till the break of day
And you are mine
Two heads together
They say, are better than one
Two heads together
That’s how the dance is begun
Two arms around you and lips that sigh
“I am yours and you are mine”
While the carioca carries you away
Mine, while we carioca till the break of day
And you are mine
Verse
Now that you’ve done the carioca
You’ll never care to do the polka
And then you’ll realize the blue hula
And bamboola are through
Tomorrow morning you’ll discover
You’re just a carioca lover
And when you dance it, with each new love
There’ll be true love just for you
Refrain
You’ll dream of the new carioca
Its theme is a kiss and a sigh
You’ll dream of the new carioca
When music and lights are gone
And we’re saying goodbye