From the film “Priorities On Parade”, 1942.
Words by Herb Magidson.
Music by Jule Styne.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
He was a handsome young Irish lad
And she was a Mexican beauty
It was fiesta and I might add romantic’lly
He was on duty
A boy and a girl ‘neath the stars
I can tell it in sixty four bars
Refrain
His Irish heart went “Bingo”
When he saw the rose of Juarez
Conchita, Marquita, Lolita
Pepita, Rosita, Juanita Lopez
“Oh, you’re a lovely thing-o
For me there’s but one girl”, he sez
Conchita, Marquita, Lolita
Pepita, Rosita, Juanita Lopez
Mandolins began to play
And her lips were there to kiss
As they danced, I heard him say
New Jersey was never like this
The bells began to ring-o
And they rode away on a mule
To prove I’m not jokin’
If you’re in Hoboken
Drop in for a minute and you’ll meet
Conchita, Marquita, Lolita
Pepita, Rosita, Juanita O’ Toole
Ending
And there’s little Teresa, Maria
Elissa and Patsy and Molly and Mike
And there’s Jose and Pancho and Pedro
And Sancho and Tommy and Spike
Of course there are others
Their sisters and brothers
They’re older and they go to school
There’s no more to my song now
So, I’ll run along now
That’s all for Lopez and O’ Toole