A popular song from 1920.
words and music by Irving Berlin
requested by Danny Heller
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Not so far from here
There’s a very lively atmosphere
Ev’rybody’s going there this year
And there’s a reason
The season opened last July
Ever since the U.S.A. went dry
Ev’rybody’s going there
And I’m going, too
I’m on my way to
Refrain
Cuba, there’s where I’m going
Cuba, there’s where I’ll stay
Cuba, where wine is flowing
And where dark-eyed Stellas
Light their fellers’ Panatellas
Cuba, where all is happy
Cuba, where all is gay
Why don’t you plan a wonderful trip
To Havana? hop on a ship
And I’ll see you in C.U.B.A.
- Take a friend’s advice
Drinking in a cellar isn’t nice
Anybody who has got the price
Should be a Cuban
Have you been longing for the ‘smile’
That you haven’t had for quite a while?
If you have, then follow me
And I’ll show the way
I’m on my way to
Sung here by Fred Feild: