From the 1913 show “Oh I Say”
Words by Harry B. Smith
Music by Jerome D. Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In the tropic region of far off Brazil
Beautiful girls are legion
Love may caress or kill
One my heart remembers
Still, I dream of her
Eyes that were glowing embers
That love to a flame would stir
Who now gazes in her eyes?
Where I once saw Paradise
Refrain
Juana, by the Rio de la Plata
You are my inamorata
Greater than the tropical equator
Was the love you failed to prize
Juana, my adorable Brazilian
For you I would give a million
Fancies I have had in my romances
But I can’t forget your eyes
- ‘Neath your gay Sombrero
Still your eyes I see
Telling me “Yo te chiero”
Meaning, I love but thee
Lips that mock the roses
Kiss like vintage rare
Grace in her luring poses
A dagger, well, you know where
Who now sets your heart a thrill?
Juana, there in far Brazil