Cancion Tropical.
A popular song from 1939.
Words by Ray Charles and S. K. Russell.
Music by Alberto Dominguez.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Sometime ago I wandered down into old Mexico
While I was there I felt romance everywhere
Moon was shining bright
And I could hear laughing voices in the night
Ev’ryone was gay
This was the start of their holiday
Chorus
It was Fiesta down in Mexico
And so I stopped a while to see the show
I knew that Frenesi meant “please love me”
And I could say Frenesi
A lovely senorita caught my eye
I stood enchanted as she wandered by
And never knowing that it came from me
I gently sighed Frenesi
She stopped and raised her eyes to mine
Her lips just pleaded to be kissed
Her eyes were soft as candleshine
So how was I to resist?
And now without a heart to all my own
A greater happiness I’ve never known
Because her kisses are for me alone
Who wouldn’t say Frenesi
Sung here by Vancha March: