A popular song from 1946.
Words by Albert Gamse.
Music by Irving Fields.
Sheet music provided by Jeremy Davis:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Won’t you kindly open your geography
Let us turn to page one hundred twenty three
Between the Caribbean and the Pacific shore
You’ll find a city of “Amor”
Refrain
Managua, Nicaragua is a beautiful town
You buy a “hacienda” for a few “pesos” down
You give it to the lady you are tryin’ to win
But her papa doesn’t let you come in
Managua, Nicaragua is a heavenly place
You ask a senorita for a “leet-tle” embrace
She answers you “Caramba! Scramba, Bambarito”
In Managua, Nicaragua that’s “No”
I have been to many tropic ports
I might include even Brooklyn
If you’re ever feeling out of sorts
I’d like to recommend a look in
Managua, Nicaragua, what a wonderful spot
There’s coffee and bananas and a temp’rature hot
So take a trip and on a ship go sailing away
Across the “agua”
To Managua, Nicaragua, O le